So the saying says
An elephant never forgets
Standing in the concrete cave
Swaying side and sing
They walked over the ocean
And their dreams they dreamed awake
Until the lights grew dim
Until the cop cars came
Everybody tells me this is crazy, yes I know

But I'm a man man man man man man man eater
But still you're surprised when I eat ya

You know they call them killer whales
But you seem surprised
When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank
Where you can't turn around
It took half your leg and both your lungs
And I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it

I'm a man, man, man, man, man, man, man eater
But still you're surprised when I eat ya

It will end again in moonlit song
It will end again in moonlit song


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People Got a Lotta Nerve Lyrics as written by Paul Rigby Neko Case

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    Also, this song means (at least to me) that people sometimes mess around with wild animals, & forget what wild animals are actually capable of doing, so they are surpised when a wild animal attacks them.

    & the title "People Got a Lotta Nerve" is saying how dare people have the audacity to be surpised when they knew that the animals are wild.

    I have know clue if what I typed makes sense....

    crazygirl611on January 20, 2010   Link

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