With Animals - Paul Kelly

I think I could turn and live with animals

I think I could turn and live with animals

I stand and look at them long and long

They do not sweat and whine about their condition

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God

Not one is dissatisfied

Not one is demented with the mania of owning things

I think I could turn and live with animals

I think I could turn and live with animals

I stand and look at them long and long

Not one kneels to another

Nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago

Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth

I think I could turn and live with animals

I think I could turn and live with animals

I stand and look at them long and long

I stand and look at them long and long