If cows could talk
would they tell you how happy they are
the friends they've made
the grass they ate
moo moo moo
would they sing the farmer's praise
for relieving their breasts of too much milk
and bringing them new babes
moo moo moo
would they tell of the pens in which they're kept
or big barns in which they lay
the fields of grass where they get to play
moo moo moo
would they speak of cages
where milk's pulled for ages
where they're forced to stand but cannot
moo moo moove
would they speak of babies torn from them
would you hear the momma's cries?
Would they praise the bull's prize
or cry for the 14th time
forced to birth a baby they cannot keep
a baby who cannot drink the milk they leak
moo moo moo
If cows could speak
Would you listen?
Or would you just think about their
meat meat meat
If cows could talk
would you care?
Or would you continue to ignore
the horrors that grow
more more more
If cows could talk
would you tell them they protest wrong?
yum yum yum
Would you tell them to fill out this form?
you're saying it wrong
Would you tell them how to resist?
And keep on eating them
Or would you listen
and give respect
to these creatures whose whole lives are subject
until they give no more
milk milk milk
and their lives end with a bullet to the head
moo moo moo.
Cows do talk
will you listen?