Somewhere in your wardrobe, I'd be willing to bet
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There's a t-shirt probably bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara
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He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat
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But behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that
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Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe
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Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe
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[Chorus]
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This is my song in defence of the fence
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A little sing along, a tribute to ambivalence
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The more you know, the harder you will find it
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To make up your mind, it doesn't really matter if you find
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You can't see which grass is greener
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Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier
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To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
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Somewhere in your house, I'd be willing to bet
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There's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama
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He's a lovely, funny fella, he does good stuff galore
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But let's not forget that back in Tibet, those funky monks used to dick the poor, yeah
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And the bullshit line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless rising up
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And he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say
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[Chrous]
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I'm taking the stand in defence of the fence
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I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence
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We divide the world into terrorists and heroes
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Into normal folk and weirdos
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Into good people and pedos
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Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer
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And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future
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We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
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Into wrong and into right and
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Into black and into white and
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Into real men and fairies
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Into status quo and scary
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Yeah we want the world binary, binary
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But it's not that simple.
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And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
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Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
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And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive
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And so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius
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ROCK!
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[Chorus]
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I'm taking the stand in defence of the fence
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I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence
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We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks
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Into atheists and fundies
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Into tee-tot'lers and junkies
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Into chemical and natural
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Into fictional and factual
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Into science and supernatural
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But it's actually naturally not that white and black
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You'll be
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Dividing us into terrorists and heroes
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Into normal folk and weirdos
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Into good people and paedos
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Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer
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And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future
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We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened
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Into wrong and into right and
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Into black and into white and
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Into real men and fairies
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Into status quo and scary
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Yeah we want the world binary, binary - 00 11 - 01!
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The more you know, the harder you will find it
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To make up your mind, it doesn't really matter if you find
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You can't see which grass is greener
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Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier
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To see the difference when you're sitting on the fence
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Cause it's not that simple.
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The Fence
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Tim Minchin |