Well there's a principle in Paris (principle in Paris)
That almost every citizen knows.
Called 22 Prairial (22 Prairial)
And check it this is how it goes.
The royalty that live are the émigrés who up and fled the scene.
And the royalty that doesn't,
Well the royalty that doesn't winds up in the guillot-i-i-i-ine.
(Let’s behead the queen.)
I'm just sayin'.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just defending my own country.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just ruining the monarchy.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just erasing the nobility.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be?
Well there's a principle in terror (a principle in terror)
That everybody knows is sound
It says the people with the virtue (the people with the virtue)
Make the ever lovin' world go round!
So I'm guillotining Capet, I'm guillotining Danton,
I'm guillotining Desmoulins!
Now we're at war in the Vendée,
Against les chou-ou-ou-ouans!
(God I love pigeons)
Lemme hear you say "Vive Robespierre!"
(Vive Robespierre!)
"Vive la nation!"
(Vive la nation!)
Complain all you want but here comes the revolution!
Come on, how bad can I possibly be?
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? Capet ruined the economy.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm on the committee of public safety.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? Liberty, equality, fraternity.
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? Can we create a new society? Let's see.
There's no bread for buying.
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the heads are multiplying.
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Thermidorians are lying.
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the nobles are now crying.
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Who cares if girondins are dying?
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) This is all so gratifying.
How bad?
How bad can this possibly be!?
