you say always treat people like you’d like to be  i guess you love being hated for your sexuality  you love when people put words in your mouth  about what you believe  make you sound like a freak    ‘cause if you really believed  what you say you believe  you wouldn’t be so damned reckless  with the words you speak  you wouldn’t silently consent  when the liars speak  denying all the dying of the remedy    (chorus)  tell me, brother what matters more to you  tell me, sister what matters more to you    if i can see what’s in your heart  by what comes out of your mouth  then it sure looks to me like being straight  is all it’s about  it looks like being hated  for all the wrong things  like chasing the wind  while the pendulum swings    ‘cause we can talk and debate  till we’re blue in the face  about the language and tradition  that He’s coming to save  and meanwhile we sit  just like we don’t have give a shit about  fifty thousand people who are dying today    (chorus)    these lyrics are submitted by Barbara