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Tim Minchin - The Fence lyrics

Somewhere 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, apparently

Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe




[Chorus:]

This is a song in defense of the fence

A little sing along, an anthem 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 gives soundbites galore

But let's not forget that back in Tibet, those funky monks used to dick the poor, yeah



And the Buddhist line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless rising up, I reckon

And he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say



[Chrous]

I'm taking the stand in defense 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 cure 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 dogs have a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive

Yea your dogs have a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive

And your dogs have a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive

And so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade him in for a Prius



Rock!



[Chorus:]

Having a rant in defense of the fence

Got a 60-piece 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 pedos

Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer

And 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 parrots and canaries

Yeah we want the world binary, binary - 0100100!



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... Maybe...






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Tim Minchin - The Fence lyrics