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Written by : Anton Von Stefan

August 11, 1981

In reply to a friend who had presented the author with a copy of the 45 RPM single Short People in July of that same year.

Walking Tall

Walking tall when you're small,

Means you can walk all around,
Under things near the ground.
You don't have to stoop,
Under things that droop.

You do not hit your head,
On low branches which are dead.
You can walk proud and free,
Under boulevard trees.

Without a worldly care,
About messing your hair,
One can walk blindly around,
When one's so near to the ground.

You breath more dense air,
And you haven't a care,
About wobbling and tipping,
And eventually tripping.

And if once you do fall,
Even though you are small,
You are so near to the ground,
That you hit without a bound.

It does not take great might,
To stand to your full height.
And no lack of co-ordination,
Is felt by the small person's nation.

One never grows out of style,
Because every once in a while,
We are asked to fit in,
Where the large ones can't get in.

So keep on walking tall,
Even though you are small.
But please have a little pity,
For some people in the city,

Who unfortunately for all,
Were sadly born to be unsmall.
Remember it's not their fault,
That their growing did not halt.

It's too bad they are not as fortunate as us,
And must go through life in one continual cuss,
As they bash head and noggin',
And their backs get a floggin',

As they try to walk around,
Under things near the ground.
They always have to stoop,
Under objects that droop.

Yes, it seem hypocritical and unfair,
But it really is true, the facts are all there.
You can only walk tall,
If you truly are small.

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