Talkin’ Platy lyrics

[Verse 1]
I got spikes like an echidna
Got poisoning toes
My 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

[Chorus]
I'm a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank to see if I can dream

[Verse 2]
Got me plugged into the bleeper
And my 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 brought me in

[Chorus]
I'm a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank to see if I can dream
[Bridge]
How'd that happen?
Funny you should ask
How'd that happen?
Funny you should ask

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
I'm a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
They got me in a tank to see if I can dream

[Verse 4]
Then the water gets all cloudy
And the slit begins to churn
The motor's like a cyclone
And my ears begin to burn
And I'm hiding in the eel grass
When a hook comes from the sky
Lift me up into a boat
No, I don't wanna die
[Verse 5]
So they made me part of science
And I'm living in a glass
Staring at captivity
And how the time will pass
Well, I'm lookin' for an answer
Inside their prying eyes
Wondering if a platypus
Can take them by surprise
Take them by surprise

[Chorus]
I'm a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
Got me in a tank to see if I can dream
I'm a warm blooded, egg laying, cloacal monotreme
Got me in a tank to see if I can dream

[Post-Chorus]
To see if I can dream (To see if I can dream)
I wish that I could dream (I wish that I could dream)
I hope that I can dream (I hope that I can dream)
I'd really love to dream (I'd really love to dream)
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