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song for the giraffe on front beach

from actin' a dang fool! by Shoeshine Pickens (and the Hospital Bombers!)

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i can take three steps
where you just take one small step
i can reach way way high up above me
and still you're up there
just looking around

closer to the sound
of airplanes and rain
the occasional hot air balloon enthusiast

but i think maybe you're dreaming of fields in
africa
running from lions and tigers and poachers and tourists
instead of wasting your time
on
children with cameras on field trips
laughing at the way you're so tall

when really they're just small
how'd they get to be so small?

when i was 10 i took your picture
licking my best friend
i'm sure you don't remember
but that's okay

you know i'll prob'ly never come visit
'cause zoos are kinda like prisons
and really i'm not down with that

but how 'bout when i drive by and i see you
i'll wave
and it's alright
if you don't reciprocate
'cause you don't really have hands

and i'll know that you're dreaming of fields in
africa
running from lions and tigers and poachers and tourists
realizing that
one day you'll die

'cause it's a circle of life
and you know that
you're not scared
you just want it to be exciting, is all

i really hope this isn't all

'cause i know that i'm dreaming of fields in
africa
and i know it's not likely
but if you get out
come see me
and maybe we can go
after all

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from actin' a dang fool!, released July 3, 2008
music/lyrics: cherie saulter

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