TWO GOOD LEGS
Words & Music By Patricia Shih, Fragile Glass
Music Publishing (BMI) (Used with permission)

Vocals: Sam Anderson, Sid Emerman, Anne Emerman, Marcia Bernstein,
Michael Imperiale, & Mel Tanzman
Banjo: Eric Levine
Guitar: Maura Gregory

An important song for us because unlike earlier songs that often had a "please accept us" tone, this is more militant, yet still absolutely humanistic song, and it puts disability in a more positive light.

Oh I may not be able to walk like others do
But I get around, nothing keeps me down, I've a different point of view
Now there are those who trample others, in pursuit of that head start
What good is having two good legs if you're crippled in the heart?

REFRAIN:
Oh crippled in the heart
Yes, crippled in the heart
What good is having two good legs if you're crippled in the heart?
Repeat

I can not hear you talking, my hands replace my voice
But I don't feel sad 'cause it ain't so bad,
I'm not disturbed by noise.
Now there are those who never listen to what others have to say
What good is having two good ears if they're gonna be deaf that way?

REFRAIN:
If they're gonna be deaf that way?
If they're gonna be deaf that way?
What good is having two good ears if they're gonna be deaf that way?
Repeat

I've never seens a sunset, so "red" is just a word
But I don't cry 'cause the visions I have dreamed are never blurred
Now there are those who look right through you
And refuse to see the light
What good is having two good eyes if the mind has no insight?

REFRAIN:
If the mind has no insight
If the mind has no insight
What good is having two good eyes if the mind has no insight?
Repeat

I am a little slower
In action, thought, and word
A world that can't wait spins at seventy-eight
I'm at thirty-three and a third
But there are those who swiftly run by
And those who swiftly judge
What good is being speedy if the spirit doesn't budge?

REFRAIN:
If the spirit doesn't budge
If the spirit doesn't budge
What good is being speedy if the spirit doesn't budge?
Repeat

Oh yes, I am disabled, but I'm able to say this:
"When you see me come, see a whole human
Not the parts that I might miss
And I won't hide all my shortcomings
If yours you'll also wear
For humanity, not ability, is the handicap we share."

REFRAIN:
It's the handicap we share
It's the handicap we share
For humanity, not ability, is the handicap we share.
Repeat