by Ken McGibney
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It's the white stuff in your fridges
You add to leaf and bean
When you get up in the morning
It's an everyday routine
Associated with goodness
As white as driven snow
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Cappuccino shots and lattes
The hidden sorrows lurk
As you quickly grab a takeaway
On your journeys off to work
If your hearts and minds are open
The seeds of change I'll sow
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Mid morning and you're hungry
But the sweet treats aren't too far
Hundreds you can choose from
Your favourite chocolate bar
But it was not given gladly
She did not happily bestow
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
It's lunchtime now al fresco
In the park beneath the trees
A tasty ploughman's sandwich
Made with butter and with cheese
Is it really so addictive
You never could forgo?
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Afternoon and the cream cakes
With smiles are shared around
Naughty but oh so nice of course
You cannot turn them down
But if you knew the pain and suffering
Would the tears start to flow?
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Home now and you've had your meal
The dessert that everyone savours
Ice cream is such a lovely treat
Tempting moreish flavours
But if the cruelty touched your hearts
Would it dim the afterglow?
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
For nine months I was growing
Inside my Mother's womb
Then into the world I tumbled
Oblivious of my doom
I only tasted it for a day
Until that terrible blow
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
You drink and eat what's meant for me
Are the pleasures that you gain
Worth it as we are torn apart
A baby's grief and pain?
We cried for one another
I missed my Mother so
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Now my fate is truly sealed
My Mother's life I'll follow
Treated like a milk machine
So all of you can swallow
What was really made for me
How can you stoop so low?
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Now here's a dirty secret
Is it something that you've read?
95000 male calves every year
Shot in the head
They are surplus to requirements
Never have the chance to grow
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
My Mother's life is awful
Lameness and mastitis
Exhaustion zero grazing
Milk fever laminitis
Happy animals on dairy farms
That myth died long ago
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
Now I'm in my plastic hutch
You can't see with your blind eyes
Brainwashed by an industry
So good at telling lies
If you look beyond what's pure and white
The horrors hide below
My Mother's milk
My Mother's milk
I wonder do you know?
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