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Animal Stew
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How do animals see us, and how does that relate to how we see them?
bruce mckinney
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Sift one cup folk, one cup R&B, one cup blues, one tablespoon jazz. Mix in spirit of Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Greg Brown. Add to taste: dry humor, faith against odds, bloody heartbreak. Bake 5o-some years in hard knocks oven. Add spark of Goddess. Serve with acoustic guitar and baritone vocals.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #131
Peak in subgenre #49
Author
Bruce McKinney
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Copyright 2004, Bruce McKinney
Uploaded
October 21, 2006
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:40
Story behind the song
Once after singing this song for a live audience, a woman came up to me and said, "You look normal, but you're not normal." Compliment or insult?
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Animal Stew Mosquitoes think we’re giants Elephants think we’re mice Gorillas think we’re stupid Dogs always think we’re nice Chickens think we’re food machines, They don’t know that’s their own fate Cats just use us for the things we bring Pigs love the things we hate Chorus: We think animals think like us But they think we think like them They don’t buy that dominion myth/ They see the beast behind our skin Birds live in constant fear of us But snakes don’t think we count Horses think it’s God’s own gift To carry us about Dinosaurs think we’re lucky To walk the earth just now Dragons think we’re selfish pigs When we say, “Don’t have a cow.” Second chorus: We think animals think like us But they think we think like them God’s chosen ones? That’s some sick joke Comparing parts, they win Bridge: Our fur too thin, our front paws weak Our noses can’t smell shit Our teeth too dull, our claws a joke But our too big brains won’t quit Bugs like our computers Puppies want our hearts Hippos waddle through my kitchen Skunks can’t stand our farts Tigers like the way we taste With cinnamon and honey Lions spit us out like half-cooked eggs Heart too soft, brain too runny First Chorus: Post chorus: Anthropomorphize, that’s what we do But we’re not alone, they do it too Copyright 2004, Bruce McKinney
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