Crip Camp
Hogchoker
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The polios were always seen as the best I guess because they looked the normalest Us CPs were crouched down below the tree Couldn't even be on the lowest tree limb I'm not even talking metaphorical things Even at Crip Camp there was hierarchy But at Crip Camp, Judy treated me like a king Like a person, not a thing At least something like a human being So don't talk about me as if I'm not there Don't talk to my carer, I wanna share My own thoughts - but I'm not even seen You're all so busy, keeping me safe You never ask me what I want to say Or think or do - you're scared you'll get the blame Well I wanna get drunk, and I wanna get laid Want a f*ck-you punk band, and I want to play Guitar - I might be crippled, but I am not lame! Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa - down at Crip Camp We were locked up, hidden, neglected, beaten, Shut up wards, penned up, weakened Like mindless cattle corralled, the whole herd At meals spoon fed 3 minutes, ignored We didn't have hands that could hold our own forks We were unseen, unwanted, unwatered, unfed and unheard Well Judy was a warrior, Judy had no fear Judy was a lawyer and Judy was a seer She saw a future where our freedom could be found Judy was a punk, she wouldn't play by the rules Wouldn't be constrained by society's views Wouldn't let a twisted metal birdcage wheelchair keep her down Well for you every door has always been open You've no idea how it feels to be broken From birth - but you won't turn the key To let us exist in society As an almost equal, does it make you feel uneasy Does It lower your worth? Does it make you feel less free? Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa - down at Crip Camp But at crip camp we were just a bunch of teens Who liked to dance and make out and dream And get drunk and get high and try to be free Halloween Party 1966 We went out on the town, No-one saw us as crips 'Cos everyone was looking as fucking weird as we And I felt, maybe, we can be in this society. The Bill of Rights, section 504 Tricky Dicky Nixon threw it out the door He was anti-commie, anti-socialism And anti-anti-discrimination. So we took the streets and we took ourselves And our twisted limbs up off the shelves And out into the daylight, and it was a revelation! Well Carter and Califano kept blocking the bill So we took over the San Fran government hall 'Be grateful you're American, Now go home' is what they said. 'We can't afford to help We've got bombs to buy Vietnamese peasants we must blow to the sky' And we knew, like those peasants, The world wants us silent or dead. We took over their buildings FBI cut the phones The deaf signed messages Out the windows They blocked our medicine and food But we refused to leave. Black Panthers bought us breakfasts And meals every day I said, 'why are you doing this? It's not your war to wage' They said, 'You want to make this world a better place And so do we.' Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa - down at Crip Camp Gonna wheel wheel wheel ourselves up to your parliament Stick your veto right up your firmament Disabled in Action and we're gonna camp right here – Lady and the ramp, you hear! 25 of us left the San Fran melee We flew all the way to Washington, DC, Judy led the charge right into the head of state Carter and Caifano sneaked out the back door Police tried to arrest us for breaking the law But we locked ourselves in for as long as it would take We barricaded ourselves inside more afraid of disappointing Judy, than of the FBI Judy said 'Hold fast, it's do or die' Sleeping rough on the floor, us crips got more unwell But the press began to build into a mighty swell Against govn indifference, and cruelty Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa badabadaba Bababaa - down at Crip Camp It was more damaging politically to die on TV Than to pass the bill allowing us to society So Carter signed The Bill of Rights, section 504 The biggest minority group in the USA For the first time in history will have a say To be treated equally under the law. And we can be heard, and we can make a fuss When you build a building, you must first think of us Happy Birthday Judy, we love you, more and more!
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