Take a Turn - Barratt Waugh

When I was small

I was made to turn away

From the ones that I looked up to,

It happened everyday,

When I was little they didn’t want to know

Made to stand and watch them playing,

Made to watch the smiles grow.

And how they’d laugh, when I joined the game

As they beat me to the ground again,

And how they’d laugh as they hurled their blows

For another school time show

Take a turn, take another part of me

Take a turn, take the best of me

Take a turn, bleed me of my dignity

Take a turn on me

Never answered when they called me every name

The screaming crowd kept screaming

Until a teacher came,

Couldn’t answer as they threw me in the ring

Then pushed me back and forward, 'til

I felt my body sting,

Now look at me, don’t you think

I’ve changed?

How life has rearranged!

Look at me, it’s hard to recognize

The fear in my eyes

Take a turn, take another part of me

Take a turn, take the best of me

Take a turn, bleed me of my dignity

Take a turn on me

Isn’t it funny, you never thought you’d see

A record with name on,

Glossy picture of me,

Isn’t it funny, you never thought I’d bow

To an audience of millions,

Look who’s laughing now

Look who’s laughing now

Look who’s laughing now

Take a turn, take another part of me

Take a turn, take the best of me

Take a turn, bleed me of my dignity

Take a turn on me

Cos now it’s my turn