Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (Remix) Lyrics

Well I live with snakes and lizards
And other things that go bump in the night
Cause to me everyday is halloween
I've given up hiding and started to fight
Started to fight

Well any time any place, anywhere that I go
All the people seem to stop and stare
They say 'why are you dressed like it's halloween?
You look so absurd, you look so obscene'

Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world

Well I let their teeny minds think
That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink
And I dress this way just to keep them at bay
Cause halloween is everyday it's everyday
It's every day

Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world

Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me
I'm not the one that's so absurd
Why hide it
Why fight it
Hurt Feelings
Stop Healing
Denials
Reprisals
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world

It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Ohhh
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Ohhh

Note: Several early demos had this variation on the first verse:
I talk with demons and spirits
And other things that go bump in the night
Cause to me everyday is halloween
I've given up hiding and given a fright

And the third verse as:
I let their teeny minds think
That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink
And I dress that way in the middle of May
Cause halloween is everyday it's everyday

And the final chorus as:
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me
I'm not the one that's so absurd
Why can't they leave me be
I'm not so bad as they infer
Just dancing on my privacy
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world