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Oh, once we were citizens of a proud town.
It had taverns and churches and parks with playgrounds
All the people were handsome, the buildings were, too,
But monsters arrived, and they ruined the view!
Oh, monsters are ugly, and monsters are strange
For they have different bodies, and have different brains
When we asked them the reason, they claimed not to know
So we told them to leave, oh but they would not go.
And they are too different. They should not stay here
But we're very good people, we try to be fair.
So we led them away with a gentle "tut-tut"
Out into the forest, and locked the gate shut.
When it happened again, well, we did just the same.
And before long, our small town had earned a great fame
For so many would come just to see what we did
To keep all our monsters so perfectly hid.
We kept to our policy year after year
With the handsome inside and the monsters out there
And the experts all told us 'twas the right thing to do,
For monsters are nothing like me or like you.
"They know that they're different." "They know that they're strange."
"And the forest protects them from hatred and shame."
Then the experts would close with a gentle tut-tut:
"The monsters are happiest right where they're put."
But out in the forest, outside of our town,
All the monsters were talking about our playgrounds
That to sing in our taverns and our churches, too
The monsters decided it was their just due.
And so they marched back with their ungainly walks
And they made lots of noise with their squeaks and their squawks
And they said they were people, and didn't we know?
They said they were born here and they would not go.
We tried to be patient, we tried to explain
How the forest was better-- so dark and so green
But the monsters ignored all our gentle tut-tuts.
They claimed they were citizens and they stayed put!
Now monsters are running all over our town.
And they shop in our stores and play in our playgrounds
And we have to sit next to them in our church pews.
It's disgusting. They're nothing like me or like you!