Will someone please say the unsayable?Will someone please tell me I'm wrong?I live every day like a sad beast of preyFor I have to appear to be strongAnd that's wrongI'm too weak to be strongToday I met with the generalsAnd the head of my secret policeDiscussing conspiracies and prison facilitiesFor opponents I can never releaseAnd there'll be no peaceUntil they're releasedOf course I'm in league with the armyIt's not like I've got any choiceThey officially adore me and my father before meBut gunpoint has a firm voiceThe joke is I'm not even a demagogueHave you heard me giving a speech?My facts are inventedI sound quite dementedSo deluded it beggars beliefIt would be such a reliefnot to give another speechCan someone please say the impossible?Crowds should be out on the streetI've lost any will to threaten or killI'll be easy for you to defeatAnd any resistance I meetI'll beat a retreatI'd rather that you didn't shoot meBut I'd quite understand if you didWatch out for the armyThe generals will go barmyAt the thought of a takeover bidOh please will somebody put meOut of my misery?This sad old dictator must sooner or laterFlee so that you can be freeIf you get rid of meWe can all be free
