The Midget's Lament-Dory Previn

[ti:The Midget's Lament] [ar:Dory Previn] [al:Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Midget's Lament - Dory Previn [00:22.12]I walk in [00:23.12] [00:24.63]I too dumb [00:25.64] [00:26.74]I know [00:27.16]I got some handicaps t' overcome [00:29.66] [00:32.23]I mean y'seen one midget [00:34.89]Y'seen 'em all [00:36.83] [00:37.63]Oh yeah midget [00:40.17]Oh yeah small [00:41.59] [00:43.13]And that's [00:43.82]As far as you can see [00:46.37] [00:48.01]Is that the sum [00:49.82]And total substance of me [00:52.45] [00:53.64]Midgets d-warfs [00:55.95]Chimps in a zoo [00:58.02] [00:58.70]They all look alike to you [01:05.75] [01:08.68]Well listen good [01:11.05] [01:11.73]Beause I don't lie [01:12.99] [01:14.34]There's a whole [01:15.53]Lot more to me [01:16.96]Than meets the eye [01:18.04] [01:19.59]And it fills my little soul [01:21.25] [01:22.16]With midget hate [01:23.37] [01:24.33]The way that [01:25.25]People will not learn [01:27.37]To differentiate [01:28.75] [01:31.23]Yeah sure midget [01:32.74]That's what you say [01:33.96] [01:34.85]And that's as far as it goes [01:40.14]But have you ever said [01:41.41] [01:41.98]That's a hungarian midget [01:45.20]Or that's a midget with [01:46.87]A wart on his nose [01:50.33] [01:55.67]Have you ever [01:57.37]Taken the time to notice [02:00.54] [02:01.11]A midget with curly hair [02:04.28]It isn't fair [02:05.13] [02:05.99]There are skinny midgets [02:08.12]Fat midgets [02:09.45]Gay midgets flat midgets [02:11.89]There are midgets [02:12.92]In deep despair [02:15.76] [02:18.76]Half a soul half a brain [02:21.48] [02:23.06]Half a heart [02:24.24]And twice the pain [02:25.68] [02:27.57]Sure they're cute [02:28.68] [02:29.92]And they're a lot of fun [02:31.30] [02:32.16]But would you want your sister [02:33.50] [02:34.58]To marry one [02:40.66] [02:43.22]Midget small [02:44.01] [02:45.14]That's it and that's all [02:46.22] [02:47.43]Classification it is made [02:50.54] [02:53.00]Midget runt [02:54.15] [02:55.51]Well now I gotta be blunt [02:56.73] [02:57.89]I wish I was born [02:59.19]I wish I was born a spade [03:02.15]Sure I would still be a midget [03:04.78]But I would have such [03:05.98]Such beautiful coloration [03:07.88]And among my fellow midgets [03:09.83]I would be a sensation [03:13.25]Talk about standing out [03:15.57]In the pack [03:17.57] [03:20.30]I wish I was black [03:22.01] [03:24.37]Midgets d-warfs chimpanzees [03:28.37] [03:29.46]Ain't it all relative [03:30.87] [03:31.78]When you're on your knees [03:33.57] [03:34.24]So don't tell me [03:35.41]Don't tell me [03:36.73]About minorities [03:38.26] [03:40.13]I wish to christ [03:41.01] [03:42.28]I wish to christ [03:44.52] [03:47.39]I was black