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victor jones - zookeeper lyrics

[verse 1]
i had a parakeet named after john williams
and a rat named after miles davis
and ancestors up in the mountains
who thought only jesus could save us

[verse 2]
birds named after composers
you’ve got brown+nosers, kneeling down to your loafers
give a mouse some praise he’ll ask for degradation
or at least a debate on the state of our nation

[chorus]
when i grow up, i wanna be a zookeeper
wide awake like any true sleeper
when i grow up i wanna be a zookeeper
i’m wide awake, i’m wide awake

[verse 3]
i remеmber at the pool with my halfway friends
thеy were doing various dives into the deep end
i was sitting on a chair wearing my towel like a cape
writing a piano piece, dreaming of escape

[chorus]
when i grow up, i wanna be a zookeeper
wide awake like any true sleeper
when i grow up i wanna be a zookeeper
i’m wide awake, i’m wide awake
[verse 4]
and the tigers discuss, should we leave our cage
when it’s provided such security and guaranteed safety
but the leader of the streak says in a fiery rage:
“this place hasn’t felt like home to me lately”

[outro]
and then, with great convinction, he said:
“i’m not gonna die like this
i’m not gonna die like this
i’m not gonna die like this
i’m not gonna die like this
i’m not gonna die like this (cannonball)
i’m not gonna die like this (backflip)
i’m not gonna die like this (bellyflop)
i’m not gonna die like this (corkscrew)
i’m not gonna die like this (cannonball)
i’m not gonna die like this (backflip)
i’m not gonna die like this (bellyflop)
i’m not gonna die like this (corkscrew)
i’m not gonna die like this”

- victor jones lyrics

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