I, for one, LOVED MDC, but this song totally sucked... anyway, I think that Prince would love it and would be glad to record a cover version.


Chicken Squawk

When I walk into the store
They sell the chickens by the score
But eating dead birds just ain’t for me

I don’t eat roast beef or fish
Porky pig is not my dish
Just go ahead and let your chickens be

In chicken circles it's Adolf Perdue
Wants to feed fearless chickens to you
I don’t take orders from Col. Sanders, do you?

I don’t want to eat no hens
Not even every now or then
Wanna let all the little chickens be

(chorus)
Bawk, bawk, bawk...
Swing to the east, swing to the west
Swing to the chicken you love best
Come on down & do the chicken squawk with me

Wishin’ Daffy lots of luck
Cause Elmer Fudd’s a-huntin’ duck
Dreaming about their little fricasee

And Bugs Bunny is a friend of mine
Eatin' him I’d feel like Frankenstein
Eating flesh seems pretty foul to me

Cooking chickens don’t seem right
Morning, noon, or late at night
Ain’t no chicken ever done no harm to me

So on Thanksgiving of Christmas Eve
Give them turkeys a reprieve
Ain’t no turkey gotta die for me

(chorus)

Foghorn Leghorn wrote to me
Says M.D.C's alright by me
Cause we all learned to let our chickens free

We birds of a feather, we stick together
We set our chickens free forever!
So go ahead and let those chickens be

(chorus)

Lordy Jesus this must be the end
They got us eatin' our cartoon friends
Emancipate those little chickadees.

Swing to the east, swing to the west
Swing with the chicken that you love best
Come on down & do the chicken squawk with me

What? Why is this particular thread spooking everybody so far???

giotto said:

theC
iwas 2 scared 2 say anything... :O

Me, too. Ice frightens me.

Too funny!

AzureStar said:

I am quite scary... especially when the room is dark with the exception of a few candles burning...

giotto said:

I think that it is the unimaginable power of the lyrics! The lyrics are deep and meaningful...

You should hear that shitty song, by the way... whooo...

MDC was a GREAT (and I stress GREAT) punk band, but this song was country.

On the subject of chicken-related songs that Prince should cover: Cibo Matto does a wonderful song entitled Know Your Chicken:

16 Years ago, one day
I was walking down the street
I was cruising in Brooklyn, you know what I mean?
Something was cooking, but wasn't yet a chicken

There was a man selling chicks from a box
He said "2 for 1, but 3 for 2"
I said "that's not bad, here's money for you"
One was magenta, the other was blue.

I KNOW MY CHICKEN
YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR CHICKEN



I'm too lazy to type all the lyrics, but it's a Prince worthy track about poultry-love and one chicken goes to college to study anatomy. Rather bizarre, really.