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 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

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

Rock!

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 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 011101

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