NICCIE

I ask nothing of you
Not even your gratitude

And if you think I'm corny
Then it will not make me sorry
It's your right to laugh at me
And in turn, that's my opportunity
To feel brave

Because ridicule is no shame
Oh it's just a way to eclipse hate
It's just a way to put my back straight
Oh it's just a way to remain sane

Every morning I would see her getting off the bus
The picture never drops it's like a multicoloured snapshot
Stuck in my brain it kept me sane
For a couple of years as it drenched my fears
Of becoming like the others
Who become unhappy mothers
And fathers of unhappy kids
And why is that?
'Cause they've forgotten how to play
Or maybe they're afraid to feel ashamed
To seem strange, to seem insane
To gain weight, to seem gay

..I tell you this:

That it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh It takes a fool to remain sane
Oh It takes a fool to remain sane
Oh In this world all covered up in shame


So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket
Take it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacock
Nail Varnish, Arkansas, shimmy-shammy feather boa
Crackpot haircut dye your hair in glowing red and blue

Do, do, do, what you wanna do
Don't think twice, do, what you have to do
Do, do, do, do, let your heart decide
What you have to do, that's all there is to find