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Artist: Adrian Belew
Canonical path: /adrian-belew/dinosaur
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Dinosaur
Read Dinosaur lyrics by Adrian Belew on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dinosaur
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Long ago and far away in a different age
When I was a dumb young guy
Fossilized photos of my life then
Illustrate what an easy prey I must have been
Standing in the sun, idiot savant
Something like a monument
I'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones
Ignorance has always been something I excel in
Followed by naivet
And pride
Doesn't take a scientist to see how
Any clever predator could have a piece of me
Standing in the sun, idiot savant
Something like a monument
I'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones
When I look back on the past
It's a wonder I'm not yet extinct
All the mistakes and bad judgments I made
Nearly pushed me to the brink
It doesn't pay to be too nice,
It's the one thing I have learned
Still I made my fossil bed
Now I toss and turn
I'm a dinosaur, somebody is digging my bones
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