Pond Life

from Beautiful Grotesque by Underthings

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lyrics

Pond Life
Brad Erickson 2012

I been down where the algae blooms
Down dark where the crawdad play a tune
Love juice of Cutthroats all around
Guess that's how they get that funky sound

Pond life!…sometimes so small that you can’t see ‘em
Pond life!…I love that paisley paramecium
Pond life!… sometimes like them I feel so small
Pond life!…seems hardly worth it to live at all

I rode a mosquito’s back
I drank his blood just for to have a snack
We both got swallowed by a trout
I sure don’t know how we’ll get out

Pond life!…the dragonfly will spy on you
Pond life!…and see the evil that you do
Pond life!…if I could just be free
Pond life!…this pond’s my penitentiary

Turtle sitting there on the log
Thinks he’s safe from all attack
Seems like he’s got it made there in the bog
But the weight of the world is on his back

Pond life, yeah! pond life

Your muddy footsteps go beyond
That stream might lead you to a pond
There’s pond life in your curds and whey
There’s ponds out in the milky way

Pond life!…you’ve got to eat to stay alive
Pond life!…and you’ll be eaten when you die
Pond life!…and when it seems you just arrive
Pond life!…it’s time to say good bye

Pond life!

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from Beautiful Grotesque, released September 14, 2012
Brad Erickson: vocals, guitar; Courtney Arnold: vocals, kazoo; Olivia Rathbone: vocals, percussion; Jason Berkman: drums; Sarah Topaz: bass, Bernie Jungle: lead guitar.

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