My Conviction Lyrics

You know, kids; I wish every mom and dad would make a speech to
Their teenagers and say "Kids, be free, be whatever you are, do
Whatever you want to do, just so long as you don't hurt anybody.
And remember kids, I am your friend."

I would just like to say that it is my conviction
That longer hair and other flamboyant affectations
Of appearance are nothing more
Than the male's emergence from his drab camouflage
Into the gaudy plumage

Which is the birthright of his sex.

There is a peculiar notion that elegant plumage
And fine feathers are not proper for the male
When ac--- tually;
That is the way things are
In most species.