70 million years ago
A raptor stood alone
The burning sunlight through the trees
Upon his feathers shone
He thought about his family
Who come to doubt his sanity
Far from the dust he once called home
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A big mosquito took some blood
While he slept inside a cave
He walked to darkness all around
His mind is scattered maze
He could hear his mother's warble cries
He felt his father's judging eyes
And his brother's voice who told him to be brave
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The dawn him up to do his dance
With the serpent in the grass
The raptor's claw was sweeping the stars
With the slippered mind was fast
The serpent turned and spoke these words
"When I see you again, I'll call you bird"
But the raptor's claw too swift to slow its slash
And the serpent flew to the ancient danger paths
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The serpent flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The serpent flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The serpent flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The serpent flew, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah)
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The raptor stood there in a dream
Reflecting what he'd seen
He could not understand at all
What would this omen bring
And the lumping sun, the falling eye
The sunlit hole across his mind
And the smell of all the feather colors
Burning ash
And the raptor flew to the ancient danger paths
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The raptor flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The raptor flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The raptor flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
The raptor flew, yeah, yeah, yeah
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