This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
There are always just a few pebbles
In the middle of a stream
When it's trying to be a flowing mother
Oh she blows she blows
Nobody knows
Oh there she goes
Nobody knows
Then along comes a little tiny
Animal nipping a
Few drops out of her side
Just a few drops from her side
She can run
She could stay
But the days not right and so she's gonna move
Let me tell you gonna move
Let me tell you how I'm gonna move along
Out away
But ahhhh
There's a man come along with a jacket on
Long gun in his hand
I said there was a man coming on
With a red jacket on
And a big long gun in his hand
Got a sledge hammer
All he needs is one head
Just one sledge hammer baby and all
All them animals is dead
Yeah dead
But why not keep the little animals alive?
Why not?
I say why not?
And don't you worry 'bout being sentimental honey
They're just an animal you want to keep alive
Keep alive
And give it to you what I have
Give it to me
Give to you yeah
And give it to me
Oh
You know how good it feels when somebody gives it to you
Yeah, it feels good when somebody gives it to you.
Gives it to you right here.
Tell me how it feels.
When somebody gives it to you good.
Oh you could listen
To a thousand different reasons
Why you can't go.
In the middle of a stream
When it's trying to be a flowing mother
Oh she blows she blows
Nobody knows
Oh there she goes
Nobody knows
Then along comes a little tiny
Animal nipping a
Few drops out of her side
Just a few drops from her side
She can run
She could stay
But the days not right and so she's gonna move
Let me tell you gonna move
Let me tell you how I'm gonna move along
Out away
But ahhhh
There's a man come along with a jacket on
Long gun in his hand
I said there was a man coming on
With a red jacket on
And a big long gun in his hand
Got a sledge hammer
All he needs is one head
Just one sledge hammer baby and all
All them animals is dead
Yeah dead
But why not keep the little animals alive?
Why not?
I say why not?
And don't you worry 'bout being sentimental honey
They're just an animal you want to keep alive
Keep alive
And give it to you what I have
Give it to me
Give to you yeah
And give it to me
Oh
You know how good it feels when somebody gives it to you
Yeah, it feels good when somebody gives it to you.
Gives it to you right here.
Tell me how it feels.
When somebody gives it to you good.
Oh you could listen
To a thousand different reasons
Why you can't go.
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Really? Why then the mention of a "Red Jacket on", and the "Sledge Hammer", and the "a thousand reasons why you can't go"? The song was about the Vietnam War.