I hope I don't fall into one of them vortices
of hatred and catch that old war disease
In a nation made spicy by the Portuguese
Flyin, flyin the F-16s they got the expertise
Nobody thinkin about the refugees
Well I suppose it could be worse
One could be Congolese
or from Vietnam in the 70s
the two Koreas these twins are kinda Siamese
equally brainwashed by two opposite philosophies

It makes me think about the 'bare necessities'
and what percentage of these are in (parentheses)?
Remember Alexander the Great
Led his war-band straight to philosopher dog
Dog: Diogenes.
He said, “need anything?”
Diogenes said, “just one: could you stand out of my sun?”

My mother once told me: “People are simple son,
we want none of the shit stuff and all of the fun”

And everything you think is secret about your desire
is burning in everyone else like a fuckin fire
stuck in a quagmire
“The world is a vampire!”

Seriously sittin in the office today
Just bleary-eyedly idling time away
Those wartime sirens they start to play
North Koreans blowin South Koreans away
Little schoolgirls askin 'are we gonna die today?'
This shit is gay in a way gay people are not!
Hey!

In this confusion of economies
and more illusions like war
I offer you this music, use it (x2)

So think about the 'bare necessities'
and what percentage of these are in (parentheses)?
You bein tight with your empathies?
As well you might,
but there is no telepathy in this night
so if you
if you
if you
if you
have concern then you better bring it to the light
Cos honesty's the antifreeze
against the ice of antipathies
in the engine we use
to drive from chalk to cheese!

If you wanna go from 'No, thanks' to 'Yes, Please'
Whether it's about the birds and the bees
(entwining your double-helices)
or going solo (homo ulysses)
we all gotta learn our ABCs
we all one day gonna be OAPs
you can't stay at home and go overseas
you can't stand at both antipodes
and you can't get away from basic truths like these
the leaves are falling off the trees