I Don't Want to Be Coy

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I don't want to be coy, But to say what I'm about to do Would not be cool. Let's just leave it at that. If the world is black, it's black, Whether you complain Or collaborate by silence. Even if people liked me, I wouldn't like them. I would just have to watch them Being mean to people And not say anything. Because to say anything Would not be cool. Let's just leave it at that. You're not going to change the world, Whether you complain Or collaborate by silence. I travel often to the frozen heart of the world, Inland to that Antarctic, rock-strewn desert With a few dozen warm-blooded penguins wandering around Lost, dazed, dejected. That's the way things are deep down under. I'm never going to change things, Whether I complain Or collaborate by silence. Let's just leave it at that.