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jill sobule - talkin' platy lyrics

[verse 1]
i got spikes like an echidna
got poisoning toes
my feet are nice and webbed
that’s what everybody knows
they like to call me “duck bill”
as if i was a bird
but me existential drama
is really more absurd

[chorus]
i’m a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
they got me in a tank to see if i can dream

[verse 2]
got me plugged into the bleeper
and my brains bleepin’ the bleep
got me hooked up to a monitor
so they can watch me sleep
got electrodes sending signals
from underneath my skin
knocked me out with ketamine
and when they brought me in

[chorus]
i’m a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
they got me in a tank to see if i can dream
[bridge]
how’d that happen?
funny you should ask
how’d that happen?
funny you should ask

[verse 3]
well, i woke up in the evening
i was swimmin’ in me stream
yabbies mighty tasty
if you know what i mean
see, i chase ’em down with lager
or a bit of amber ale
i break their little necks
and regurgitate their tails

[chorus]
i’m a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
they got me in a tank to see if i can dream

[verse 4]
then the water gets all cloudy
and the slit begins to churn
the motor’s like a cyclone
and my ears begin to burn
and i’m hiding in the eel grass
when a hook comes from the sky
lift me up into a boat
no, i don’t wanna die
[verse 5]
so they made me part of science
and i’m living in a glass
staring at captivity
and how the time will pass
well, i’m lookin’ for an answer
inside their prying eyes
wondering if a platypus
can take them by surprise
take them by surprise

[chorus]
i’m a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
got me in a tank to see if i can dream
i’m a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
got me in a tank to see if i can dream

[post+chorus]
to see if i can dream (to see if i can dream)
i wish that i could dream (i wish that i could dream)
i hope that i can dream (i hope that i can dream)
i’d really love to dream (i’d really love to dream)
oh

- jill sobule lyrics

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