By Candlelight

By candlelight

We eat our man-toe

And crack our seeds

By candlelight

I conduct my classes

And all my student's try to read

By candlelight we cook and clean

By candlelight we all sit in the field

By candlelight we hope and dream

By candlelight we kill the centipedes

And lay our bones to rest

By candlelight

We bitch and complain

Vomit and shit

Take our medicine

And then eat and drink some more

By candlelight the communists exercise their control

Over the daily lives of the people

By candlelight China runs on strange schedule

A billion and a half Chinese

Baked by candlelight

Running on a billion and a half candle power