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Animal Farm Lyrics
This world is big and wild and half insane
Take me where real animals are playing
Just a dirty old shack
Where the hound dogs bark
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
While I lay my head upon my pillow
Little girl, come play beneath my window
Though she's far from home
She is free from harm
And she need not fear
She is by my side
And the sky is wide
So let the sun shine bright
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down
Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world
I'll take you where real animals are playing
And people are real people not just playing
It's a quiet, quiet life
By a dirty old shack
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Take me where real animals are playing
Just a dirty old shack
Where the hound dogs bark
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
Little girl, come play beneath my window
Though she's far from home
She is free from harm
And she need not fear
She is by my side
And the sky is wide
So let the sun shine bright
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world
I'll take you where real animals are playing
And people are real people not just playing
It's a quiet, quiet life
By a dirty old shack
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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all about the rejection of supposed "society" finding ones more base "animal" instincts and living on a farm. BRILLIANT!
anything to do with George Orwell's book?
Even if it shares the same name as Orwell's novel, it seems to have no connection. If anything, the meaning is completely opposite. Orwell's novel uses the idea of animals on a farm rebelling as an allegory for the Bolshevik revolution. This song is about a human leading a happy, care-free life on a farm. And instead of rebelling, the animals are "playing" on this farm.
i couldnt love this song more than i do. its awesome
Right on airforbes. The writer, Ray Davies, answers a question about the song by stating, "I like plain Janes" (http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/articles/rs69.html).
Lyric correction:
And people are real people not just PLAIN
Ray is surely one of the best lyric writers in history, man I would love to get inside his head... if only for a second. Really gets you thinking.
This song is Ray Davies' interpretation of society. When he sings "Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down. Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world" he is referring to how many people never accomplish the things they want to in their lifetime because other people have put them down in the past.
The other line that stands out to me is "people are real people not just plain" because it then goes on to say how "It's a quiet quiet life, by a dirty old shack: which, to me, means that most people are not "real people" (as Ray says) and are superficial and fake.
This song has nothing to do with Orwell's work, even though he is a genius and his writing is amazing.