Talkin' Platy

JILL SOBULE, ELISE THORON

I got a spike like an echidna
I got poison in my toes
Me feet are nice and webbed
That's what everybody knows...
They like to call me ""duck bill,""
As if I was a bird
But me existential drama
Is really more absurd

I'm a warm blooded, egg laying
Cloacal monotreme,
They got me in a tank
To see if I can dream...

Got me plugged into the bleeper
And me brains bleepin' the bleep
Got me hooked up to a monitor
So they can watch me sleep
Got electrodes sending signals
From underneath my skin
Knocked me out with Ketamine
And when they plug me in

I'm a warm blooded, egg laying
Cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank
To see if I can dream

How'd that happen?
Funny you should ask
How'd that happen?
Funny you should ask

Well, I woke up in the evening,
I was swimmin' in me stream,
Yabbies mighty tasty
If you know what I mean,
See, I chase 'em down with lager
Or a bit of amber ale,
I break their little necks
And regurgitate their tails

I'm a warm blooded, egg laying
Cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank
To see if I can dream

Then the water gets all cloudy
And silt begins to churn,
Motor like a cyclone,
And my ears begin to burn.
I'm hidin' in the eel grass
When a hook comes from the sky
Lift me up into a boat
No, I don't wanna die!
So they made me part of science
Now I'm living in a glass
Staring at captivity
And how the time will pass.
Well I'm looking for an answer
Inside their prying eyes
Wondering if a platypus
Can take 'em by surprise
Take them by surprise

I'm a warm blooded, egg laying
Cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank
To see if I can dream

I'm a warm blooded, egg laying
Cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank
To see if I can dream

To see if I can dream
I wish that I could dream
I hope that I can dream
I'd really love to dream

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The song “Talkin' Platy” by Jill Sobule was composed by JILL SOBULE, ELISE THORON.

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