Swamp Kittens Lyrics

Now I cannot lie. I'm going to get into some heavy things right now

Some of you will be dismissive

Some of you are in the choir I'm preaching to

Some of you might stop and think, best I can hope for

Now I not saying anything new and I am not

The best person to say it. But before I start, there is one thing

I want you to hear. That's right

Give someone a right, you don't diminish mine

Say it again

Give someone a right, you don't diminish mine

Now if you take away someone's rights

Well, you just did take away one of mine

Imagine there's this fellow on the edge of the Everglades

He wanders in. Sees an alligator. Now some folks call them swamp kittens

That gator's just lying in the sun

The fellow, he's doing okay, but he is wracked with

Ambition and greed

He hides and stares

Thinking what he could do

If that gator was out of his way

I thought I heard if a gator you see

Best move on now, best let them be free

There are some folks who think they're smarter

There are some folks who want the gator in a pan

There are some folks who are just plain mean

Who want to control as much as they can

I thought we knew that having a baby

Is not easy, there's no guarantee

There are some folks who think they're purer

Some folks think a woman is less than a man

There are some folks who are just plain mean

Who want to control as much as they can

They've been messing with the women

They've been messing with what women had

The right that's theirs we know who took it

I know they're waking up: the swamp kittens

It's judgement day now you're at that throne

I guarantee oh, the angels will groan

You'll be asked feed the hungry, what did you do

And you'll say, made a rule, I thought you saw

And you'll be asked shelter homeless, what did you do

And you'll say sued a woman as per some man's law

Now I'm a guy, and women don't need me

To patronize, or speak for them certainly

I'm just saying, you know when life begins

Burn your candles on your conception day

I'm just saying, if you're so pro-life

Don't you take life-saving healthcare away

They've been messing with the women

They've been messing with what women had

The right that's theirs we know who took it

I know they're waking up: the swamp kittens

I thought I heard you should mind yourself

I thought I heard if someone you see

I thought I heard judge not lest ye be judged

So let them be, best let them be free

They've been messing with the women

They've been messing with what women had

The right that's theirs we know who took it

I know they're waking up: the swamp kittens

They'll be wide awake

Come ballot box day

I hope they bite a few butts

Send some, uh

Fellows

On their way