I took my youngest two to see Tommy Steele in Dr Dolittle at Wimbledon theatre on Friday.
It reminded how much I like one of the songs. Here is a shortened version (still long but try to read to end). I hope you like the sentiments as much as I do.
Why do we treat animals like animals?
Animals treat us so very well
The devoted way they serve us
And protect us when we're nervous
Oh, they really don't deserve us
All we give them is hell.
Tell me, how does man repay them?
Do we ever think to praise them?
No, we don't, and this dismays them
You can tell.
We're riddled with ingratitude
In every way our attitude is
Well...like animals!
No, no that's not what I mean
I mean..
Why do we treat animals like animals?
How can people be so inhumane?
Cows and chickens work to feed us
Dogs and horses show they need us
And although cats don't always heed us
Their affection is plain.
What do we do?
We neglect them
We do nothing to protect them
We reject them, don't expect them to complain.
We ignore them or we beat them
When we're hungry, then we eat them
It's appalling how we treat them
It's insane, like animals!
We humiliate and murder and confine them
We create their wretched status
Then we malign them!
Is the human race completely mad?
Women see a baby goat skin or a lamb skin or a stoat skin
And to them it's just a coat skin
Oh it's so terribly sad.
When you dress in suede or leather
Or some fancy fur or feather
Do you stop to wonder whether, for a fad
You have killed some beast or other
That you're wearing someone's brother
Or perhaps it's someone's mother
In which you're clad.
Like ANIMALS!
Well, it's true
We do not live in a zoo
But man's an animal too
So why can't you
Like me
Like animals?
It reminded how much I like one of the songs. Here is a shortened version (still long but try to read to end). I hope you like the sentiments as much as I do.
Why do we treat animals like animals?
Animals treat us so very well
The devoted way they serve us
And protect us when we're nervous
Oh, they really don't deserve us
All we give them is hell.
Tell me, how does man repay them?
Do we ever think to praise them?
No, we don't, and this dismays them
You can tell.
We're riddled with ingratitude
In every way our attitude is
Well...like animals!
No, no that's not what I mean
I mean..
Why do we treat animals like animals?
How can people be so inhumane?
Cows and chickens work to feed us
Dogs and horses show they need us
And although cats don't always heed us
Their affection is plain.
What do we do?
We neglect them
We do nothing to protect them
We reject them, don't expect them to complain.
We ignore them or we beat them
When we're hungry, then we eat them
It's appalling how we treat them
It's insane, like animals!
We humiliate and murder and confine them
We create their wretched status
Then we malign them!
Is the human race completely mad?
Women see a baby goat skin or a lamb skin or a stoat skin
And to them it's just a coat skin
Oh it's so terribly sad.
When you dress in suede or leather
Or some fancy fur or feather
Do you stop to wonder whether, for a fad
You have killed some beast or other
That you're wearing someone's brother
Or perhaps it's someone's mother
In which you're clad.
Like ANIMALS!
Well, it's true
We do not live in a zoo
But man's an animal too
So why can't you
Like me
Like animals?