We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nocturnal Animals

from Dirt Made My Lunch by Banana Slug String Band

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD

     

  • Buy Disc

lyrics

(Chorus) Nocturnal animals, they come out at night. Sssh!
Nocturnal animals, on the ground and some in flight. Sssh!
Raccoon is a bandit who comes out when the sun goes down.
When we are all asleep in bed he makes his normal rounds.
He goes past the garbage cans, where he gets scraps to eat.
He’s got eyes and ears and nose for the night and small but sensitive feet
The owl she is a wise one,
who knows how to find a meal.
At night her silent wings swoop down
and a mouse is what she’ll steal.
She has two eyes that are locked in place
but her head can turn around.
She has 2 sharp ears that help her hunt,
if her prey should make a sound.

The coyote is a howler,
in the late hours of dark.
When the moon is full & bright
you can hear his lonely bark.
He likes to eat rabbits and mice,
as well as berries and deer.
He has a nose that helps him smell
and ears that help him hear.

People they are thinkers,
who walk alone in the night.
We think that things will get us,
when the dark takes away our sight.
Sometimes we get the “look-behinds”
when there’s really nothing near.
So the choice we make is in our head,
so be brave or walk in fear.

credits

from Dirt Made My Lunch, released January 1, 1989

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Banana Slug String Band Santa Cruz

Booty-shakin' music for kids ... or anyone 'young' enough to love this precious Earth!

"The best thing about Banana Slug String Band albums? An adult can listen to them [i]almost[/i] as many times as the kids want them played and not experience an urge to strangle a purple dinosaur.
Dr. Amy Rogers, Science Thrillers
... more

contact / help

Contact Banana Slug String Band

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Banana Slug String Band, you may also like: