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Music and lyrics by Vance Lehmkuhl
From the album, "Garden Variety"
Everybody wants to know,
What About Plants?
Before they'll save an animal,
What About Plants?
What's the difference between them
and that other food that we prey upon
Day after day?
And so it comes up once more
What About Plants?
As though it never came up before
What About Plants?
Why should we make the slightest change
If we can't be completely pure?
I mean, how can we be sure?
(Well, see, it's kinda like this)
Plants Don't Run
I think it's worth remarking that
Plants Don't Run
Yeah let's say it again now
Plants Don't Run
Run away
They stay
They never say "Hey! It's not OK!"
But animals do.
Yes, animals do every time.
"Well that's a pretty fine list, but
What About Plants?
Here's a point that you might have missed:
What About Plants?"
Everybody falls back on this
Even Timothy McVeigh
He thought he had an expose
(except for the fact that)
Plants Don't Run
I think it's worth remarking that
Plants Don't Run
It's a telling detail, but
Plants Don't Run
Run away
They stay
They never say "Hey! It's not OK!"
But animals do.
Yes, animals do.
{If God made plants, why would God make plants
so they couldn't get away if they wanted to?
If nature made plants, why would nature make plants
so they couldn't get away if they wanted to?
When I feel pain it's a message to my brain
that I gotta get away and I got something to gain
But we can't try to claim that for plants it's the same
Cause whoever made plants never gave them a chance
To retreat or advance or seek a romance or dance
Or do anything about their circumstance!}
(I only mean it's notable that)
Plants Don't Run
Yeah let's say it again now
Plants Don't Run
They don't run or play or suffer
Plants Don't Run
Or have fun
And they never argue with the fact that one plus one
Equals two
But people do.
Yes, people do.
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