Our Bovine Public

Did they think I'd have to choose
Did they think I'd wear brown shoes
Did they think that I'd ever have to read about this in the newsYou gonna have a go
Well, I don't want to know
I just thought that I should try and say, hello, to thoseWho'd never exist without being generic
You have to impress our Bovine public
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
You have to impress our Bovine publicI'll never forget how all this begun
And I will never regret a thing I have done
But you would never exist without usSo maybe, I do not have the time, fair weather friends of mine
A year's a long time, be doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alertWell, I'm hoping that it hurt
'Cos you played too much silent grammar
To be ground into the dirt by thoseWho'd never exist without being generic
You'll have to impress our Bovine public
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
You'll have to impress our Bovine publicI'll never forget how all this begun
And I will never regret a thing I have done
But you would never exist without us
So maybe, I doWell, you say nothing
So, you'll always mean nothing to me
And if what you say means nothing
Then what you say will always mean nothing to me, oohDid they think I have the time, fair weather friends of mine
A year's a long time, be doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alertWell, I'm hoping that it hurt
'Cos you played too much silent grammar
To be ground into the dirt by thoseWho'd never exist without being generic
You have to impress our Bovine public
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
You'll have to impress our Bovine publicI'll never forget how all this begun
And I will never regret the one thing I've done
But you would never exist without us
So maybe, I do