We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)

If I burn my youth, would it come to me? Oh, love, won't you bite my eye? I miss the sweet garden, man Baffle a skeleton dry All they wanted was a villain, a villain And all they had was me All they wanted was a villain, a villain So then they just took me Hold my county line Get down on my city floor I will suffer no humans, that been my habit before Oh, and how the earth did shake And tumble and tremble, for what the people do take And I want in, all over your mind 'Cause oh, how we, the common do cry! Glory, do you go from me When I wait for you faithfully? And will they take my life entire? I love my girl, will you remind her That oh, how we, the common do cry? We die, we die, we die, we die until we try We die, we die, we die, we die until we try Well, I could be yours and you could be mine Well, I could be yours and you would be mine If I burn my youth, would it come to me? Oh, love, won't you bite my eye? I miss the sweet garden, man Baffle a skeleton dry All they wanted was a villain, a villain And all they had was me All they wanted was a villain, a villain So then they just took me Hold my county line Get down on my city floor I will suffer no humans, that been my habit before Oh, how we, the common must cry! And oh, how we, the common must cry!