I, I'm driving black on black
Just got my license back
I got this feeling in my veins this train is coming off the track
I'll ask polite if the devil needs a ride
Because the angel on my right ain't hanging out with me tonight
I'm driving past your house while you were sneaking out
I got the car door opened up so you can jump in on the run
Your mom don't know that you were missing
She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you
That I've been kissing
Screamin'

No, we're never gonna quit
Ain't nothing wrong with it
Just acting like we're animals
No, no matter where we go
'Cause everybody knows
We're just a couple of animals

So come on baby, get in
Get in, just get in
Check out the trouble we're in

You're beside me on the seat
Got your hand between my knees
And you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze
It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear
But I got both hands on the wheel while you got both hands on my gears
By now, no doubt that we were heading south
I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth
'Cause this was it, like flicking on a switch
It felt so good I almost drove into the ditch
I'm screamin'

No, we're never gonna quit
Ain't nothing wrong with it
Just acting like we're animals
No, no matter where we go
'Cause everybody knows
We're just a couple of animals

So come on baby, get in
Get in, just get in
Look at the trouble we're in

We were parked out by the tracks
We're sitting in the back
And we just started getting busy
When she whispered what was that
The wind, I think 'cause no one else knows where we are
And that was when she started screamin'
That's my dad outside the car
Oh please, the keys, they're not in the ignition
Must have wound up on the floor while
We were switching our positions
I guess they knew that she was missing
As I tried to tell her dad it was her mouth that I was kissing
Screamin'

No, we're never gonna quit
Ain't nothing wrong with it
Just acting like we're animals
No, no matter where we go
'Cause everybody knows
We're just a couple of animals

So come on baby, get in
We're just a couple of animals
Get in, just get in
Ain't nothing wrong with it
Check out the trouble we're in
We're just a couple of animals
Get in, just get in


Lyrics submitted by Likwuid_Ice, edited by Counterclockwerk

Animals Lyrics as written by Michael Kroeger Daniel Adair

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    General Comment

    OK.... I view music seriously.... and from that stand point... this song is a shallow piece of shit.....

    But this song wasn't meant to be viewed from a "serious" standpoint....

    It's meant to be funny... thats why it is almost rapped..... Chad Kroeger OWNS 50 cent (Shitty Scent) with his rapping skills on this song lol.......

    But in all honesty, when I can just sit abck and listen to the song and drain my head of all thought and judgement, I like this song....

    Getting caught sucks.....

    N0 C0DE 79on December 16, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    A great, funny, hard song.....about sex. whats better than that??

    nickelbackfanon October 05, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    wow..this song is hilarious.

    TooCloseToSeeon September 29, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song is not about justifying this behavior, it is trying to explain teenage reason that many parents have forgotten. The sheer emotion that teenagers have is easily forgotten.

    aaronmadon March 26, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song is great! It always makes me super horny.

    hottiewitabodyon April 27, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think this song beats "Figured You Out" for greatest song meaning ever.

    fadedoutofasheson October 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    A great,funny song.....about sex.

    nickelbackfanon October 05, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Is it just me, or does Kroger only seem to write songs like this about underage chicks? Another example would be Learn The Hard Way.

    Sunny Day Believeron October 06, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This is a... suss, disturbing song but its hell funny and loads catchy

    syko_braton October 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    Sunny day believer i think this song hits the same subject as Learn the hard way, I think it was an experience he had as a "teenager" that he likes to write about, i would as its hillarious!

    I luv this song, i think its my fav on this album

    TehBiatchon October 07, 2005   Link

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