Poor Cow - Tanita Tikaram

Today is my birthday

I stay outside the hall

Inside sit the butterflies

For the butterfly ball

All the boys are graded now

They come in their white socks, flat tops

And somehow

They find a place

All the boys are winning now

They play all the tricks with smiles

And a sorry past

For poor cow

Their own room and winter trees

Never touched these girls before

They hear the car stereo

And they know what life is for

All the boys are weary now

Listening to the family sing-song

Family say-so

Must carve, must carve poor cow

Slice her up, slice her up, slice her up

Poor cow

Slice her up, slice her up, slice her up

Poor cow

Yup

Today is my birthday

I stay outside the hall

Inside sit the butterflies

For the butterfly ball