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Big Lizard Lyrics
Big lizard in my backyard
Can't afford to feed him anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
I bought a big lizard
Only a dollar fifty
Well, that's pretty neat
Yeah it's fuckin' nifty
But I just can't afford to feed it
And you should see the way it shits
I've got a big lizard in my backyard
Can't afford to feed it anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
I was knocked outta bed
Late last night
I was woken up by the sound of dynamite
I ran downstairs to find an army man
He said "We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!"
There's no more big lizard in my backyard
I won't have to feed him anymore
No more lizard in my backyard
They shipped his ass to El Salvador!
Was knocked outta bed
Late last night
I was woken up by the sound of dynamite
I ran downstairs to find an army man
He said "We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!"
Big lizard in my backyard
Can't afford to feed it anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
I bought a big lizard
Only a dollar fifty
Well, that's pretty neat
Yeah it's fuckin' nifty
But I just can't afford to feed it
Can't afford to feed him anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
Only a dollar fifty
Well, that's pretty neat
Yeah it's fuckin' nifty
But I just can't afford to feed it
And you should see the way it shits
Can't afford to feed it anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
Late last night
I was woken up by the sound of dynamite
I ran downstairs to find an army man
He said "We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!"
I won't have to feed him anymore
No more lizard in my backyard
They shipped his ass to El Salvador!
Late last night
I was woken up by the sound of dynamite
I ran downstairs to find an army man
He said "We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!"
Can't afford to feed it anymore
Big lizard in my backyard
Bustin' down my neighbour's door
Only a dollar fifty
Well, that's pretty neat
Yeah it's fuckin' nifty
But I just can't afford to feed it
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Submitted by
floating_eye On Jun 01, 2006
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This sounds almost like a protest song...
"I ran downstairs to find an army man He said 'We gotta blow up those things we don't understand!'"
The government and other groups act violently because of their ignorance. The big lizard could represent just about anything that the public would go in a panic about, like when black people were protesting for their civil rights. Did the police stop to think of what they were doing? Hell naw dawg, they hosed the protestors down and sprayed the crap out of them with tear gas. They didn't even bother trying to comprehend other's pains. It could also relate to specific individuals, like people who stick out and are hassled because of it (the stereotypical jock vs. nerds thing.)
The Dead Milkmen can right something really catchy and funny but they can be smart. Like, "Surfin Cow"? That song is the truest, best song ever written and has more emotion than national anthems.
i know the meaning! this song is about a big lizard in his backyard that he can't feed anymore. there problem solved.
I sing this song to my baby boy all the time, he loves it
i think the meaning of this song is pretty obvious ha i love song so much
I, um, don't think it's obvious. I don't get it at all. But it's stuck in my head!
The lizard just has to represent something... but what?!
LOL RIET WRITE RIGHT
Rodney had a roommate in college, who had an Iguana. It kept getting bigger and bigger, and that's how this song came to be.
i thought this song was about Godzilla owell
Interesting. ;)
Interesting. ;)
I can only talk about one experience of mine that happened to me at a time when this song was being played, it turns out that I let a problem of mine be something that at the time I didn't care much about, you could say it was something "cheap" and this escalated, it's like I had left my problem in the back room and then when it became a situation out of my control panic set in and that's when we made bad decisions like the military trying to bomb it.