BLACK SHEEP              BY JOHN FLYNN

THEY SAY TO YOU IT'S CLEAR YOU JUST DON'T FEEL THE WAY WE DO
AND NO ONE HERE IS EVER REALLY COMFORTABLE 'ROUND YOU
YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES INSTEAD
OF LISTENING TO THOSE WHO FEED THE ANGER IN OUR (F)HEADS
YOU WILL NOT JUDGE THE ONES WE JUDGE OR HATE THE ONES WE HATE
YOU GREW UP IN THIS VILLAGE BUT YOU STEPPED OUTSIDE THE GATE
WHILE WE BUILT OUR WALLS HIGHER AND WE RAISED OBJECTIONS TO
THE ARROGANCE THAT IT MUST TAKE TO BE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
BLACK SHEEP BLACK SHEEP
YOUR WOOL IS MORE RESISTANT TO THEIR DYES
DON'T WEEP JUST KEEP
THAT WOOL FROM GETTING PULLED OVER YOUR EYES
YOUR CHOICES SEEM TO CHALLENGE WHAT WE'VE COME TO HOLD MOST DEAR
YOU DO NOT SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE FEASTING ON OUR FEAR
AND MORE THAN THAT YOU'VE TRADED IN YOUR BIRTHRIGHT FOR A SONG
FOOLISHLY BELIEVING SOME OF US MIGHT SING ALONG
BLACK SHEEP BLACK SHEEP
YOUR WOOL IS MORE RESISTANT TO THEIR DYES
DON'T WEEP JUST KEEP
THAT WOOL FROM GETTING PULLED OVER YOUR EYES
HE SAYS TO THEM I LOVE YOU ALL AND AS HE STANDS TO LEAVE
HE DOES NOT LET THEM SEE THAT THERE'S A PART OF HIM THAT GRIEVES
FOR UNDERNEATH THE SADNESS THERE'S A STILL AND QUIET PLACE
THAT COMFORTS HIM AND BRINGS A LONELY SMILE TO HIS FACE
BLACK SHEEP BLACK SHEEP
THE TRUTH'S A STRANGER IN A WORLD OF LIES
DON'T WEEP JUST KEEP
THAT WOOL FROM GETTING PULLED OVER YOUR EYES
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