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| Sergio |
| Why Do You Have to Eat Me? I stand my feet slipping through the slats I'm fed powdered milk to make me fat My only scenery's metal bars Not for me the sky or the stars Apparently I will soon be veal Nobody bothered to ask how I feel I will be hung up by my feet To yield expensive lighter meat Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Life's not so bad now we're four to a cage My life history would take less than a page They cut off my beak then gave me a home Where I can't flap my wings or aimlessly roam Noise never ending, can't get any rest Sickness and misery wait to infest Every day I think to myself I‘ll be better in plastic on your market shelf Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? I could have lived my life in a field I could have lived without mankind's greed As it is I'm in a cage And I won't be allowed to reach old age The rape rack's there to produce more clones Not individuals just meat and bones Your callous attitude causes pain How long will this selfishness reign Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Your liberal ideals stop you wearing fur coats But still you‘re willing to cut my throat Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat me? Why do you have to eat meat? ©1983 Dave Floyd I've found this song here [ This Message was edited by: Sergio on 2001-05-29 17:03 ] |
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| AndyBa |
| It's a very nice poem. But there are carnivore that also eat meat. They hunt, and flesh is their primary food. The only difference in my opinion is that animals grown by people have no options. They have no freedom. They cannot run from us. |
| Anonymous |
| What is the tune to this song? It made me cry; thank you. |
| AndyBa |
| Why do all vegan songs and poems have to make us cry? Can't we write something more cheerful? :) |