l u c i e   t h o r n e  

with extra bile

since our first gasp of breath
we've been fed so many lies
coming from all directions
for all of our lives

since when did we start believing
everything they feed us
just cause it came from the mouth of a man in a lab coat
or you saw it there in newsprint, or you heard it on tv

and don't it give you indigestion
and don't you think its well and truly time
we started spewing it right back at them
and this time with extra bile

who was it who told them to tell me
this country's mine
and who was it who told them to tell me
i'm only allowed to have one lover at a time
and you'd better make sure you can play the game
you'd better make sure you've learned your lines
you'd better make sure you can compete
and everything'll be fine

since when did we start believing
we're all separate from this earth
and that when it comes to who's most worthy
that somehow it's anglo rich men first

so if we're living in the first world
that makes us first at what
at colonising women, other cultures
other people, this earth