Lyrics of
The Fence

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
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 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 gets 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
And he tells the poor they will live again
But he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
I'm taking the 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 cure cancer
And the things that don't cause cancer
But there's a chance
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
Yeah, your dog has a bigger carbon footprint
Than a four wheel drive
Yeah, your dog has a bigger carbon footprint
Than a four wheel drive
And so does your baby, maybe
You oughta trade him in for a Prius
I'm taking the 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 teetotalers and junkies
Into chemical and natural
Into fictional and factual
Into science and supernatural
But it's actually naturally
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
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
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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
Cause it's not that simple