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Train Tracks Blew the Animal Down

from Mr. Unknown by Dreary Years

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Who am I? said the animal. I’m only an animal. I am but an animal.

And where am I? and what. Is this around my neck.?


chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga


No one owns the world said the man
so I might as well claim it as my own

I need to get across this land, cuz’ I’m a wandering man.
And I think there’s more to life than fight, fuck, feed.

I am blind, cried the animal. It’s dark and I feel trapped inside this crate
If they’re gonna’ do this to me, than I’m gonna howl and scream, and hope that someone hears me call for help.


chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga

What’s that sound? said the animal
I’ve never heard anything that loud

There’s something in that noise that says I don’t have a choice
and my heart says that I need to check it out

And then the train tracks blew the animal down, the animal down, the animal down
the train tracks blew the animal down, the animal down, the animal down


What was that? gasped the human
it was only an animal, said the general
We’re all animals, said 1
number 2 leveled his gun. And said listen boy, I’m gonna’ teach you a lesson
In the crate, there’s a chimpanzee, there’s you, and there’s me.
In 5 minutes, there’s only gonna’ be two.


The human grinned and said, you’re right, it’s the animal that should be dead. He threw himself and the general out the door.

And then the train tracks blew the animals down, the animals down, the animals down
the train tracks blew the animals down, the animals down, the animals down

train tracks blew the animal down because the freight train blew the animal down
Just like the runway blew the animal down cuz’ the airplane blew the animal down.

And big tanks blew the animal down
And carriers blew the animal down
Yeah, safe way blew the animal down

And BP blew the animal down

Chevrolet blew the animal down

Safeway blew the animal down

Bill Gates blew the animal down

Everyone blew the animal down

And the animals laughed as the train rolled past
and chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga chugga...

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from Mr. Unknown, released July 13, 2013

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