Lyrics - Dinosaur by Adrian Belew

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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