Manifesto (We the Gays)

we the gays
we the gays
we the gays
we the gays

we the gays don't steal your women
we the gays don't turn your men
hold your horses, close your bibles
we the gays. that's all. amen

we're the cherries in your yoghurt
searching fountains in the park
like them the housewives doing yoga
holding flashlights in the dark

to prevent extermination
in your stories we live on
clown or poet, mariachi
famous legends we'll become

everlasting, everlasting
far long after you're all gone
we'll be smiling in your paintings
we'll be heroes in your songs

some of us will hide in silence
some of us you'll never hear
we're your colleague and your neighbor
the opponent you might fear

we the gays
we the gays
we the gays
we the gays

we're the sick and we're the dying
we're the ones who made mistakes
we're the marching, holding banners
fight as long as it will take

we're the ones who left too early
who couldn't bear the weight of time
we're the sad and the frustrated
show me yours, i'll show you mine

we're the happy, we're the loudest
we're the ones who smile at life
we're the dancing disco colours
we're the best friends of your wife

we're the l, the g, the t
we're the entire alphabet
if you think you were alone here
choose a letter, that is that

keep marching on

we the gays don't steal your women
we the gays don't turn your men
hold your horses, close your bibles
we the gays. that's all. amen

we're the answer, the solution
to some problems in the world
pin down overpopulation
the story like it's never told

but we're also fathers, mothers
redefining family
don't you lecture 'bout religion
love is not the enemy
love is not the enemy

we the gays
we the gays
we the gays
we the gays

we the gays don't steal your women
we the gays don't turn your men
hold your horses, close your bibles
we the gays. that's all. amen

we the gays don't steal your women
we the gays don't turn your men
hold your horses, close your bibles
we the gays. that's all. amen