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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin
Performer
The Heritage Orchestra
The Heritage Orchestra
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin
Composer

Lyrics

Omewhere in your wardrobe I'd be willing to bet There's a t-shirt probably bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat But behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe This is my song in defence of the fence A little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence The more you know the harder you will find it To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence Somewhere in your house I'd be willing to bet There's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama He's a lovely, funny fella, he does good stuff galore But let's not forget that back in Tibet those funky monks used to dick the poor yeah And the bullshit line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless rising up And he tells the poor they will live again, cos he's rich now so it's easy for him to say I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence We divide the world into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and pedos Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and Into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary Yeah we want the world binary, binary, but it's not that simple. And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive Well so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius ROCK! I'm taking a stand in defence of the fence I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks Into atheists and fundies, into tee-tot'lers and junkies Into chemical and natural, into fictional and factual Into science and supernatural, but it's actually naturally not that white and black You'll be Dividing us into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos, into good people and paedos Into things that give you cancer and the things that cu-ure cancer And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance that in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and into black and into white and Into real men and fairies, into status quo and scary Yeah we want the world binary, binary, 00 11 - 01! The more you know the harder you will find it To make up your mind it doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither and either way it's easier To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence Cause it's not that simple.
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