Galt MacDermot - 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 camoflage Into the gaudy plumage Which is the birthright of his s** 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