Tilikum

from Not Enough Hours In The Day by Better On Paper

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Gettin' a tattoo of Tilikum to
Remind me how bad things can get.
Diving into the ocean to
Drown in Oil with the fish
Going to a puppy store to
Swallow all the sadness
Cause I know in that puppy store
That the dogs there are all sick

And when they were born it was in a tiny cage
Covered in shit, smelling of piss
And their mothers need to be saved.

Gettin' a tattoo of Tilikum yeah
You know the black fish
Meeting him down at Sea World
Gonna shove the owners in.
Going to a factory farm and
Freeing all the chickens
Organizing up all the cows
So I can lead them to the doors

Of the supposed farmers' who have never cared
Take them from their homes and bring them to where
They put up their cages too tiny to move,
Lock them inside, stuff them with gruel
And pump them with medicine, you should't have to use
And keep them alive but just enough, to turn a profit.

Gettin' a tattoo of my dog Lucy to
Remind me life's no so bad.
Takin' her out to the woods
We're gonna run through the trees and laugh.
Looking for our favorite oak
I'll dring a beer beneath and chasing squirrels is her past time.
I know it might not sound like much
But that's just how we enjoy our life

And they just want to enjoy some life.
We should let them live before they die.

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from Not Enough Hours In The Day, released June 14, 2016

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