The saddest thing about an animal Is how quickly its death doesn't matter It's a living breathing being And then a thing being swept down the gutter The saddest thing about an animal Is that we are all animals too! No better or worse than a turtle Living through World War III in a zoo Respect and demand best friend to the man, no! Respect and demand best friend to the man, no! While you fetishize shorthairs in Japan, no! While you fetishize shorthairs in Japan, no! Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street If everything's alive Then everything hurts And everything we do is the worst Imagine: a flightless bird Served for lunch, in the sky, in first! If everything's alive Then here's the kicker We hurt what we can't see They're terrorized just 'cause we're bigger And we prefer dark meat! A bird in the hand will die by the hand, yeah! A bird in the hand will die by the hand, yeah! A bird in the hand will die by the hand, yeah! A bird in the hand will die by the hand, yeah! Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street Whatever you do, don't you hear, don't you see Don't ever let your baby boy go into the street The world is hard for little things It's a hard world for the little things But you can't take a life if you're given it It's a hard world for the little things But you can't take a life if you're given it It's a hard world for the little things But you can't take a life if you're given it