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A Hungry Little Song

from Tales of Suburbia (part 1) by Jack Davies

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A very hungry little song about a seagull who stole my wallet

lyrics

Walking down the street
I got nothing to eat
just lookin' for a restaurant

seagull comes up to me
says hey you got anything to feed me?
i say sorry buddy but it looks like you're outta luck

so i keep walkin' on
to this hungry little song
and that's when i see a box of chips on the ground

I stop right there and gasp
at the sight of hot chips on the grass
and then i check that no one else is around

I go to take a bite
and that's when I get a mighty big fight
y'see that seagull comes racing along

he swallows the chips whole
lord jeez he nearly swallows my soul
and so i just stand there,
in hot chip despair,
and whistle,
a hungry little song

so I'm walking down the street
and I've still got nothing to eat
but I'm gonna go find a restaurant!

that's when i see a quite magical light
pierce through the dark hunger of night
and these feet they start to run!

I burst in through the door
my jaw drops to the floor
at the sight of a greasy cashier called mark

I order my food quickly
he say that's twenty four dollars fifty
and then I realise,
with fear in my eyes,
much to my suprise
(or rather demise)
that i left my wallet by the seagull in the park

so I run back to the street
got no money still nothing to eat
but I'm gonna go scour that god damn park

I search it high and low
but I'm slowly getting nowhere
for my eyes are old and it's getting way too dark

and that's when i hear a strange sound
waddling across the ground
a pair of hungry eyes look up at me

and what i see was almost funny
you see that seagull had my money
and when he smelt the scent of food oh he wasn't pleased

I said hey give me my money!
he said so you think this is funny?
lying to a hungry little bird

you better give me some of that food
for I'm really not in the mood
to be pushed around and when you lie to me it hurts

I said sorry mr seagull
its too dark and you can't see well
you see i don't have any food to share

for about 5 minutes ago
i tried to buy some but i was broke
you see you're holding all my money just right there

he then looked me in the eyes
poor seagull nearly cried
you see he was an emotional little thing

he tried to say he's sorry
i said mate that's really not a worry
why don't you come along now and ill buy us something

so now we're running down the street
got lots of money still nothing to eat
but we can smell the scent of freshly baked toast

but when we get back from the park
we notice the windows have all gone dark
except for a little red sign that says sorry were closed

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from Tales of Suburbia (part 1), released March 22, 2017
thanks abbey for the song idea

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Jack Davies Fremantle, Australia

Folk Rock from Walyalup

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