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Never Drive That Way Again

Verse 1]
What's your favourite pet?
What's your favourite meal?
Do you have opposable thumbs?
Tell me how do you feel?
Do you feel like a monkey
With a thought or two?
Do you feel like a chimp
Destined to die in a zoo?
Yeah? well I feel it too
And what's a chimp supposed to do
Other than beat on the glass
Until he finally breaks through?

[Chorus]
You’re an animal
Oh
You're so primal
But I'm a professional
Professional mammal
I'm a bipedal
Warm-blooded
Air breather
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammal

[Verse 2]
Now I’m a pro at this shit
I’ve been one my whole life
Got ten mammal kids
Got a mammal wife
Got some mammal habits
Only mammals can hack
Let’s see a fish rail a line
Let’s see a bird smoke a pack
I clock in at nine
To survive ‘til five
Evolution’s grind
Just to stay alive
And I’m doing my best, mate, honest and true
Now listen pal — have I got news for you?

[Chorus]
You’re an animal
Oh
You're so primal
But I'm a professional
Professional mammal
I got instincts
And direct debit scandals
I’m a warm-blooded
Tax-paying mammal
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammal

[Verse 3]
Still chasing paper, like a rat in a race,
Shaving my fur just to save some face.
Got shoes on my feet and a flat to rent,
Call it evolution — I call it descent.
I drink to evolve, then I sleep to forget,
My inbox is full, but my soul’s in debt.
Ain’t it funny, mate — the things we pursue?
Just mammals in suits with nothing to do.

[Chorus]
You’re an animal
Oh
You're so primal
But I'm a professional
Professional mammal
I got instincts
And direct debit scandals
I’m a warm-blooded
Tax-paying mammal
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammal

[Bridge] 
Yeah, I’ve got posture
And I’ve got plans
I’ve got existential dread
And two good hands
I breathe deep just to keep it casual
‘Cause being alive’s so fucking natural
[Breakdown / half-time section]
Ooh, the bipedal thing that you do
I do it too
Breathing, bleeding, breeding — ain’t nothing new
I get that same feeling as you
cuz you're a pro mammal too

[Final Chorus]
Baby you’re an animal
Yeah
You're an animal
Yeah you’re professional
professional mammal
We’re bipedal
warm blooded
air breathers
Yeah you know that we’re
Professional Mammals!
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammals!
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammals!

[Outro]
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
(What's your favourite pet?)
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
What's your favourite meal?
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Do you have opposable thumbs?
(HEY!)(HEY!)(HEY!)
Professional Mammal!


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