| When you’re walking on the street | 
| And the people that you meet | 
| Make you want to start a big fight | 
| 'cause they talk as if they’re so right | 
| There is one thing to remember | 
| In case you haven’t heard: | 
| You can kill a mighty emperor | 
| But you cannot smite a word | 
| So, don’t pick a fight with a poet | 
| Don’t raise your hand on a whim | 
| Whether it’s wrong or it’s right | 
| There’s a lesson in life | 
| And to learn it, you have to give in | 
| Cause the poet knows you can’t win | 
| When you’re twitching at the bar | 
| No one knows who you are | 
| And you want to prove them all wrong | 
| You think you are so strong | 
| You can try to make them listen | 
| You can try to be the boss | 
| But the storyteller is the one | 
| Who calls the toss | 
| So, don’t pick a fight with a poet | 
| Don’t raise your hand on a whim | 
| Whether it is wrong or it’s right | 
| Whether it’s wrong or it’s right | 
| There’ll be a lesson tonight | 
| And to learn it you’ll have to give in | 
| 'cause a poet knows you can’t win | 
| Over there in the corner with a Cheshire grin | 
| Making rhyme out of broken hearts | 
| Cryin' the hymn | 
| And two tokes from a good time | 
| A toast away from fist flying | 
| Congregating the world | 
| With a paper and pen | 
| Don’t pick a fight with a poet | 
| Don’t raise your hand on a whim | 
| Whether it’s wrong or right | 
| There’s a lesson in life | 
| And to learn it, you’ll have to give in | 
| Cause a poet knows, you can’t win |