If you ask me how I knew, I saw you.
   I had a bird's-eye view of a bird's-eye
   view when I saw you.
   I saw you not as you think,
   simply just as you. I saw you
   And all of this augers well
   even though it?s presaging pell-mell.
   All of it augers well.
   the bastard of it being, having to choose
   Then you turned all Billy Sunday, shoutin'
   "Philadelphia for Christ and Christ for
   Philadelphia,"
   as the sun groomed the plane with crepuscular rays. When I saw you
   And all of this augers well.
   Even so, it?s presaging pell-mell.
   And all of it augers well.
   the bastard being, having to choose
   between a flickering fuse and power
   beyond what you use
   Never mind us purple italians,
   never mind that pool in the mountains
   Victory came and went
   on winged elephants. I saw you.
   And all of this augers well
   even though, even so it?s
   presaging pell-mell.
   All of it augers well
   this is the bastard
   the bastard of it being: having to choose