We were on the corn When the news came round That Kerouac died The street car sound With vengeance of smoke And radiator hum Tom said that's what you get From nothing but a diet of rum He said the higher you get The smaller you are He said the higher you get The smaller you are So he set off from his street bed He took the pain out of his pocket And before Tom left He drew the words on the walls And we all fell back with the words we saw He said the tyranny of men It's the fear in our hearts The tyranny of men It's the fear in our hearts The tyranny of men It's the fear in our hearts He said the tyranny of man It's the fear in our hearts Tom said the tyranny of men Is the fear in our heart He said the tyranny of men It's the fear in our hearts He said the higher we get The smaller we are He said the higher we get The smaller we are We are He said the higher we get He said the higher we get He said the higher we get the smaller we are The higher we get the smaller we are The higher we get the smaller we are The higher we get the smaller we are The higher we get (the smaller we are) He said the higher we get