The Midget's Lament

The Midget's Lament - Dory Previn

I walk in

I too dumb

I know

I got some handicaps t' overcome

I mean y'seen one midget

Y'seen 'em all

Oh yeah midget

Oh yeah small

And that's

As far as you can see

Is that the sum

And total substance of me

Midgets d-warfs

Chimps in a zoo

They all look alike to you

Well listen good

Beause I don't lie

There's a whole

Lot more to me

Than meets the eye

And it fills my little soul

With midget hate

The way that

People will not learn

To differentiate

Yeah sure midget

That's what you say

And that's as far as it goes

But have you ever said

That's a hungarian midget

Or that's a midget with

A wart on his nose

Have you ever

Taken the time to notice

A midget with curly hair

It isn't fair

There are skinny midgets

Fat midgets

Gay midgets flat midgets

There are midgets

In deep despair

Half a soul half a brain

Half a heart

And twice the pain

Sure they're cute

And they're a lot of fun

But would you want your sister

To marry one

Midget small

That's it and that's all

Classification it is made

Midget runt

Well now I gotta be blunt

I wish I was born

I wish I was born a spade

Sure I would still be a midget

But I would have such

Such beautiful coloration

And among my fellow midgets

I would be a sensation

Talk about standing out

In the pack

I wish I was black

Midgets d-warfs chimpanzees

Ain't it all relative

When you're on your knees

So don't tell me

Don't tell me

About minorities

I wish to christ

I wish to christ

I was black