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Christmas at the Zoo Lyrics

There wasn't any snow on Christmas Eve
And I knew what I should do
I thought I'd free the animals
All locked up at the zoo

I opened up the fence where the peacocks were
The lamas were unleashed
The snakes and seals could all get out
But they refused to leave

All of the animals agreed
They're not happy at the zoos
But they preferred to save themselves
They seemed to think they could

The elephants, orangutans
All the birds and kangaroos all said
"Thanks but no thanks, man
But to be concerned is good"

It started to snow on Christmas Eve
In the middle of the night
Walking through the state park zoo
And everything is white
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this song just reminds me of childhood and how you would work out all these ridiculous plans in your head (like freeing all the animals from the zoo) and would think that they are perfectly reasonable ideas "started to snow on Christmas Eve In the middle of the night Walking through the state park zoo And everything is white" just seems like pure childhood fantasy. it taps into that optimism and recklessness that we sometimes forget even ever existed there is probably much deeper meaning, but i'm struggling to find it!,

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Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

I thinks its about people who are unhappy with something but unwilling to try and change

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

Best Christmas Song Ever

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Seconded.

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

I'm try to make some kind of socio-politcal-religous-comparsion with the animals, its tough but do-able.

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

Thirded. Perfect from start to finish. Whenever I hear that first line I just smile and nod and get lost in my thoughts.

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

this is a great song espically if your smoking weed cause you feel like going to the zoo and letting the animals out

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

A guy feels bad for animals being locked in the zoo so he tries to let them out, but ironically they decide not leave.

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

Good fuckin tune I thought of freeing the animals once but, they all would eat me or attack me im guessing.

Cover art for Christmas at the Zoo lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

We have good intentions that sometimes will lead us nowhwere. In this song the situation is already perfect, so the end is happy. Definitely a good fantasy world. So let's enjoy it.