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Artist: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Canonical path: /captain-beefheart/china-pig
Related lyric paths: 6
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China Pig
Read China Pig lyrics by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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China Pig
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I don't wanna kill my china pig
No I don't
Uh man's gotta live,
Uh man's gotta eat
Uh man's gotta have shoes t' walk out on the street
I don't wanna kill my china pig
E11 he was uh baby I want yuh t' see
I don't wanna kill my china pig
Well I used t' go t' school
With uh' little red box
'n I used to have m' pig go with me
We walked for blocks
I don't wanna kill my china pig
His tail curled five times in uh circle round
It's glazed
He's got uh slot in his back flowers grow
My china pig be uh quite uh show
I don't wanna kill m' china pig
Woe no
My china pig
I got him by the snout
'n I takes him by the cuff
'n I whipped out m' fork
'n I poked at um
Three hairs laid out on m' floor
I remember my china pig
I fed the neighborhood
It was uh big neighborhood
Uh lot uh people liked my pig
One little girl used t' put her fingers in his snout
I put uh fork in his back
I didn't wanna kill my china pig
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