The Midget's Lament (Live At Carnegie Hall)-Dory Previn

[ti:The Midget's Lament (Live At Carnegie Hall)] [ar:Dory Previn] [al:Live At Carnegie Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Midget's Lament (Live At Carnegie Hall) - Dory Previn [00:50.36]I walk in [00:51.02] [00:52.43]I ain't too dumb [00:53.30] [00:54.26]I know I got some handicaps t'overcome [00:57.10] [00:57.78]I mean y'seen one midget [00:59.94] [01:00.89]Y'seen 'em all [01:01.63] [01:02.91]Oh yeah midget [01:04.38] [01:05.10]Oh yeah small [01:06.22] [01:07.17]And that's as far as you can see [01:10.05] [01:11.32]Is that the sum [01:12.60]And total substance of me [01:14.35] [01:15.72]Midgets d-warfs chimps in a zoo [01:18.98] [01:19.98]They all look alike to you [01:24.83] [01:27.66]Well listen good [01:29.18] [01:30.18]'Cause I don't lie [01:31.19] [01:32.10]There's a whole lot more to me [01:34.62]Than meets the eye [01:35.97] [01:36.49]And it fills my little soul [01:38.11] [01:39.08]With midget hate [01:39.85] [01:40.65]The way that people will not learn [01:43.29]To differentiate [01:44.15] [01:45.57]Yeah sure midget [01:46.58] [01:47.13]That's what you say [01:48.21] [01:49.15]And that's as far as it goes [01:52.96]But have you ever said [01:54.97]That's a hungarian midget [01:56.96] [01:57.47]Or that's a midget with [01:59.05]A wart on his nose [02:00.70] [02:05.73]Have you ever taken the time to notice [02:10.46]A midget with curly hair [02:12.89]It isn't fair [02:13.56] [02:14.28]There are skinny midgets [02:15.77]Fat midgets [02:16.82]Gay midgets flat midgets [02:18.46] [02:19.05]There are midgets in deep despair [02:22.12] [02:23.90]Half a soul half a brain [02:26.35] [02:27.81]Half a heart [02:28.43] [02:29.24]And twice the pain [02:30.10] [02:31.88]Sure they're cute [02:32.54] [02:33.77]And they're a lot of fun [02:35.00] [02:35.83]But would you want your sister [02:36.97] [02:37.89]To marry one [02:40.73] [02:44.73]Midget small [02:45.29] [02:46.65]That's it and that's all [02:47.76] [02:48.87]The classification it is made [02:51.14] [02:53.37]Midget runt [02:53.98] [02:54.59]Well now I gotta be blunt [02:56.20] [02:57.08]I wish I was born [02:58.55]I wish I was born a spade [03:00.95]Sure I would still be a midget [03:03.35]But I would have such [03:04.22]Such beautiful coloration [03:05.01] [03:05.59]And among my fellow midgets [03:07.42]I would be a sensation [03:09.30] [03:09.94]Talk about standing out [03:11.59] [03:12.20]In the pack [03:13.44] [03:16.14]I wish I was black [03:17.48] [03:19.65]Midgets d-warfs chimpanzees [03:23.37] [03:24.39]Ain't it all relative [03:25.19] [03:26.14]When you're on your knees [03:27.77] [03:28.42]So don't tell me [03:29.53]Don't tell me [03:30.41]About minorities [03:31.94] [03:34.41]I wish to christ [03:35.61] [03:37.55]I wish to christ [03:40.75] [03:42.64]I was black