Lyrics | Snake Song
5. Snake Song
Through the grass
I slowly slide, to a great big stone
the sun is shining I am warm
and I hope I’m left alone
I need the sun’s heat to warm my blood
like each and every reptile.
I only hunt things smaller than me,
but still some people get riled.
Some people try to hurt me.
I don’t know what evil they see.
With scalelike plates on my belly,
I can move ahead.
But when I move fast, or through the water,
I use my s-shaped wiggle instead.
My forked tongue darts in and out
collecting molecules.
It tells me what’s going on,
but some people are fooled.
My teeth curve in so what I catch
can not escape my bite.
One side of my jaw pulls my catch in
while the other side holds it tight.
My jaws unhinge and swing wide open
as I swallow my prey.
I eat to live like all animals.
But some people don’t see it that way
When I lie out on the road,
people swerve to squish me.
With all the rats and mice I eat,
Aww, why not let me be?
I can not jump or roll like a hoop,
and my skin is smooth and dry (not slimy).
I bite people only when I’m scared
so I don’t know why.