when the party starts on monday christmas starts in june when no one minds i ve just arrived and i ll be leaving soon if i return with eyes half opened don t ask me where i was i do my father s drugs when every revolution is sponsored by the state there s no bravery in bayonets and tearin down the gates if you see me with a rifle don t ask me what it s for i fight my father s war ah when hunger strikes are fashion and freedom is routine ah when all the streets in cleveland are named for martin luther king you will see me at the protest but you ll notice that i drag i burn my father s flag so when the party starts on monday and christmas starts in june a when no one minds i ve just arrived and i ll be leaving soon if i return with eyes half opened don t ask me where i was i do my father s drugs i do my father s drugs