Marion, born December 5th, a Sagittarius Mother and father, two little sisters, all were immigrants America was waiting for you America was waiting for you Marion's family saw his humor as absurdity Nevertheless, he joined the local university And studied for a third of his life He studied for a third of his life And passed the bar He was a lawyer, working for free And was fervid in speech All of the workers that he'd protect Say he practiced what he preached Hated the mayor, so he petitionеd to recall the guy For he attеmpted selling off Seattle City Light Two hundred thousand names on the form Two hundred thousand names on the form He with the people on his side became a congressman Winning a district often taken by Republicans To Washington from Washington State To Washington from Washington State At thirty-two When re-elected everyone loved him Except for his peers A coalition set on his downfall Would form in his last years He married a woman he knew for a week 'cause he couldn't wait Took part in a riot while still on his honeymoon They took him away in a jacket to the sanitarium Declared as insane, jumped the fence of the place, and soon Returning home, announced his re-election Then called the campaign off again Almost as if becoming lesser like yourself had been an art Marion, less subdued and sober, saw the world observe him fall apart He wrote a note and left his window several stories high Landed abruptly near the car, his wife was waiting by They say she changed the day that he died They say she changed the day that he died And in the note, he said his only hope in life had been That he'd improve upon the way the world was living in But people only knew him as strange The people only knew him as strange And nothing more Were you a genius? Were you a fool Or in need of a cure? Was it in anger? Was it in fear Or had it been in fervor? All of the quirks we used to have are now a symptom of Acronyms we don't get to know that we're the victims of Then people say that we'll never change And so of course we don't ever change But still we try