Singalong! Dinosaur Sex by Emmy the Great

My dear friend Libby introduced me to Emmy the Great many years ago, but it took me a while to start actually listening to her.  Which is silly, because she is GREAT.  It's right there in her name!  Dinosaur Sex was on of the first of her songs that I listened to on my own and I just love it.  Musically it's sweet and sad and lyrically it's simple and evocative and reminds us that we are not a very big deal, but that we still have somewhere to go.  So keep on keeping on, but don't get too caught up in yourself.

DINOSAUR SEX

by Emmy the Great

These roads, they lead as far as they can lead

That's why they're called the ways that make you feed

Cranes are lifting cargo to the sea

They are the size the dinosaurs would be.

Power station shivers, then it leaks

Bleeds onto the fields and kills the wheat

Harvest comes but will we ever eat?

Power station shivers, then it leaks.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe we will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But we will lead as far as we can lead

These days I watch the screen for what I need

I take my food on trays across my knee

Leaves are always falling from the trees

I think I see my future in the leaves.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe I will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But I will lead as far as I can lead

I think I see the future when I sleep

The sky splits like an almond under feet

Skin is peeling off of us in sheets

I think I see the future when I sleep

And power stations shiver and they leak

They bleed onto the fields and kill the wheat

A sea of clouds is billowing in heat

Oh, harvest comes and babies born with teeth.

And skin is peeling off of us in sheets

I think I see the future when I sleep.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe you will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But you will lead as far as you can lead.

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

And maybe you will lead to nothing

And dinosaur sex led to nothing

But you will lead as far as we can lead.