Based on a True Story

I get stuck by the desk

A good place to be

Behind it there's a nice guy

Asking if it's anything I need

Anything he can do to

Help me

I say I'm in a desperate need of a Basque cake –

The one I've heard so much about

Its rumour has been traveling

To my homeland

That's one of the reasons I'm

Here at all

I want to know the words

For hello and thank you

I want to know the words

That you use

I want to know some words

To begin with

I'm not in a hurry

I remain at the desk for a while

I'm not in a hurry

Lucky me

When I'm lining up for the pintjos

And the cake

Now I'm longing for my friends

Wish they were here

To them I'm just away

Somewhere

While they're at home

Together

I want to know the words

For hello and thank you

I want to know the words

That you use

I want to know some words

To begin with