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Given that we're only a small proportion of the population
It's no wonder we've been persecuted by the authorities
And by society, just like other minorities
Though not any longer those represented by that arch Bishop Pell
Imagine being not just lesbian but a blackfella as well
We seem to get on alright with the heterosexual community
Even those who patronisingly are "conservatively tolerant" towards us
Straights are okay but I wouldn't let my daughter marry one
(Seriously, should she be afflicted with a heterosexual orientation
She must be true to herself)
But some non-gays appear to be still frightened of us
And therefore of themselves
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Homophobia
When all is said and done
Homophobia
Is really rather fun
You do not have to bear a grudge
To defame a woofy judge
You just never shrink
From raising a stink
In Senate - wink wink
Nudge nudge
Homophobia
You never dare relax
Homophobia
Don't vex us with the facts
For flamin' poofs are never done
From seducing everyone
A bleeding disgrace
They're right in your face
The straights have no place
To run
Heterophilia |
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Okay: feel ya feel ya feel ya, feely ME
Ev'ryone says what a lesbian heaven
You would have to be psycho
To sleep with a dyke - oh, oh no
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choir:
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We attest we're so blest
And suggest we're the best
Of us all
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soloist:
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I love my little darlin'
I give her a wonderful time
She feeds me, she needs me
But she has yet to discover
Her lover is possibly gay
Don't understand it, never planned it
I'm smitten, I'm bitten by love
I hope I'll soon get over it
And then all can see
A woman needs a man like me
A woman needs a man like me
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Like a hole in the head
Homophobia
We once knew where we stood
Homophobia
You know it feels so good!
Hey! I know where some woofters dwell
You can smell their wussy smell
We'll bash 'em up true
Some lesbians too
And then we'll get you
As well
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They're young, they're old
They're shy, they're bold
They're warm, they're cold
They're dim and astute
They're just like you
And me and you
And Janet too
Who's tootling the flute
True must be the love that dared not speak its name
Disreputed, involuted love, persecuted
It triumphed over ridicule, ill-will and shame
Repressed, unblessed, molested love, detested
A sense, a need, a touch that now can dare proclaim
This is nat'ral, this is freedom, this is true love
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People with homophobia
Are sick and in despair
Homophobia
Let's show them that we care
It's difficult, but hey!
Let's embrace a straight a day
Just give 'em a kiss
Like this
And suddenly they will feel so gay!
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True Love |
White Picket Fences |
We Thought We'd Lost You, Johnny |
Feeling the Spirit |
Homophobia |
Gone |
True to Myself |
Love Sustains Us All
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Gone |
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sop:
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One thing, as we've just heard, about being gay
Is that it's clearly a hazardous occupation
I'm not just talking about poofter bashings, police indifference
Discrimination by employers, or some such other tribulation
But HIV/AIDS in particular
We've lost so many friends and lovers
Gone, so many friends and lovers, dead and gone
Agonizing, stigmatizing, gone: scandalizing
The sorrow and the bitterness go on and on
We grieve the dead but look ahead believing
We'll win, we'll overcome, we've crossed our Rubicon
With conviction, and courage, and with true love
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True Love |
White Picket Fences |
We Thought We'd Lost You, Johnny |
Feeling the Spirit |
Homophobia |
Gone |
True to Myself |
Love Sustains Us All
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True to Myself |
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True to myself, my soul, my nature
Holding on firm, being free
True to myself, the self I was born with
Keeping my faith in me
Don't make me pretend to be who I'm not
Don't force me to live a lie
I'm standing up, reaching out, op'ning my heart
And looking the world in the eye
True to myself, to nobody else
Happy to just let it be
Confident, hopeful, beholden to no one
True to myself, just me
True to myself, my world, my people
True to my lovers and friends
True to my feelings of love and compassion
True to what love commends
No, no one can say my life is a sin
No, no one can dare condemn
I'm standing up, reaching out, baring my soul
And I'm just as worthy as them
True to myself, my creed, my karma
Honest to goodness, I'm free
True to my conscience, my duty, my freedom
True to myself, just me
True to ourselves, our love, our loved ones
True to each other in need
True to our goals, our hopes and convictions
True to the life we lead
We know what it's like being scorned and abused
Intolerance still survives
We're standing up, reaching out, answering back
And having the time of our lives
True to ourselves, our partners, our children
True to the end of our days
As victims and citizens, victors and lovers
True to ourselves all ways
No lies, no lies
True to ourselves always
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True Love |
White Picket Fences |
We Thought We'd Lost You, Johnny |
Feeling the Spirit |
Homophobia |
Gone |
True to Myself |
Love Sustains Us All
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Love Sustains Us All |
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sop & choir:
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Finally we find
Our own sweet kind
Of love, true love
Love sustains us all, it holds us to the end
Celebrated, venerated love, consummated
To triumph over prejudice, ill-will transcend
Connect, protect, perfected love, respected
And we, who've known such pain, forever love defend
This is good love, this is our love, this is true love
True love
At last not lust
But love we trust
In love, true love, true love
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