Please, Fill Out the Census

John Denver's "Annie's Song"

Please, fill out the census,
If and when you're not busy;
If and when you can find it;
If and when the thing comes;
If you never return it,
Then the poor Census Bureau
Will have to take action—
And twiddle its thumbs.

"Fill in the address
Of the primary person;
The habitual gender
Of the usual spouse.
If you own your apartment,
Answer question H-7;
If you don't live here,
You're in the wrong house."

Please, fill out the census,
If you ever receive it;
If you ever decipher
What the hell it's about;
If you never return it,
Then the poor Census Bureau
Will have to take action—
And sit here and pout.