GRASSHOPPER by Steven Orr ©2003

This song was commissioned by Daniel Dugas for the
do_wild_loops; do_wild_jumps; [big ceo's talking to small bugs] project.

GRASSHOOPER MP3

LYRICS:

Hello fine people
we're george and henrietta
we've been farming this land for many years
due to some o' the
natural disasters
we've had a hard go at 'er fer years

The biggest problem
that we've had to face
are the bloody grasshoppers
jesus H
they mow our crops down
like a plague of locusts
we pray that god'll
put 'em in their place

Chorus 01:
Hey man of science
can you give us a solution
we're just trying to protect our crops
these damn grasshoppers
keep eating up the harvest
We'd like every little one o' dem
buggers to drop

The man of science
came to visit us one day
said he had figured out a way
for us to get all them
pesky grasshoppers
off of our property to stay

He offered us
chemical solution
said pesticides'd keep the buggers down
It worked a bit
yeah it bettered up the problem
But it just ain't doing
enough for us now

Repeat Chorus 01

The latest idea from this
blessed man of science
was to consult a genetic emgineer
He said he'd make our crops
grasshopper resistent
So hard to chew through that they couldn't
chew through in a year

We bought them seeds and we
gave it a shot
but now no one can chew what we produce
Problem is
that its too tough for the people too
hey man o' science can you
change the way we chew?

Chorus 02:
Hey man of science
We're tied of your solutions
You make more trouble than you fix
We just wanna deal with these
godforsaken pests
but we're giving up on your clever tricks