The Roches
"Speak"

the time has come for me to speak
uh oh the time has come
and while the silence picks on me
I pray to not be dumb

so I am hunting for the words
just wait til I find some
I need some syllables do you
know where to get them from

when I am in my house alone
my speeches take a week
but from my lips when you are near
a sound will seldom leak

when I was a little girl
I coined a mighty text
looking back I blush to hear
what I'd come out with next

is now the time for me to speak
but what if they talk back
o when I open up my beak
I hope that I can quack

and if I do look out beware
the truth is hard to take
A and everything for all I care
can jump into a lake