You never asked me

I lived in a 'bin' for most of my days Away from the world, out of public gaze You fed me, you bathed me and put me to bed And while you were doing it nothing was said You never asked me if I wanted to play If I wanted to sing, if I wanted to pray You never asked me to come into town If I was happy or feeling down Treated the same as a table or chair An object, as if I weren't there. And lo and behold everything changed No one asked me - was already arranged Come to our world you do have the right Live beside us - but keep out of sight You have to be normal And do what we do You mustn't look different You mustn't be you You never asked me where I wanted to live In a house, in a flat or even who with The old days are gone and life will be good You will be treated the way that you should So I got a new bedroom and painted it blue It's not like the bin, it's bright and it's new And the staff came along as they knew me so well Different walls, different views Same staff, same hell You never asked me 'what would you like to eat?' You never asked me 'would you like your tea sweet?' You never asked me 'would you like to go out?' You only got cross when I started to shout And you gave me a label that said I was bad And you gave me some pills that made me feel mad And you locked up the kitchen so I couldn't choose And you bought nice things that I couldn't use And you sat in my chair, used my TV remote And my life only existed in the notes that you wrote Cornflakes for breakfast, two sugars in tea A shower in the morning, a baths not for me Knock on the door when you come to my room Don't just open it, don't just assume Open the wardrobe and show me my clothes Ugh! baggy old trousers, I won't wear those Cornflakes for breakfast, two sugars in tea A shower in the morning, a baths not for me Knock on the door when you come to my room Don't just open it, don't just assume Open the wardrobe and show me my clothes Ugh! baggy old trousers, I won't wear those Cornflakes for breakfast, two sugars in tea A shower in the morning, a baths not for me Knock on the door when you come to my room Don't just open it, don't just assume Open the wardrobe and show me my clothes Ugh! baggy old trousers, I won't wear those I'd like to make lunch, a soup or a stew Then sit down and eat it, join me too? I'm not very good but I'm sure we can try Please can you teach me and explain to me why And when I come home at the end of the day I need someone to talk to, listen to what I say I might go to bed or sit up for a while Please keep me company, please make me smile. I want all the things that you have in your life A home, a job, maybe a wife I want to have friends and have fun and a laugh I can't do this without paid staff But that doesn't mean I value you less I need your support, please care and invest In me We're not different We're the same you see I've always known But you never asked me