Original "Flight Of The Badger" - Found!

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Original "Flight Of The Badger" - Found!

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"FLIGHT OF THE BADGER"

@1992 Dan Southard

HE HUNTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
THE SHADOWS HIDE HIS HUNGRY FORM
YELLOW TEETH GLISTENING
IN MOONLIGHT PALE AND WARM

FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
NEVER GIVE A REASON WHY
FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
FLY, BADGER FLY


SILENTLY STALKING, EVER ALONE
HE FINDS THE SCENT HE'S LOOKING FOR
IN A FLASH THE HUNT BEGINS
AS HE TRACKS HIS VICTIM'S SPOOR

FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
IT'S ALWAYS DO OR DIE
FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
FLY, BADGER FLY


HIS UNWITTING PREY TURNS IN TIME
TO BE STRUCK DOWN IN A FLURRY
OF CLAWS, TEETH, AND FUR
THE BADGER'S RELENTLESS FURY

FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
IT'S A DIRTY TRADE YOU PLY
FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
FLY, BADGER FLY


THE BATTLE OVER, A MOMENT'S REST
HE TEARS INTO HIS PREY WITH ZEST
HIS PORCINE GRUNTING FILLS THE WOOD
HIS FOOD, IT TASTES GOOD

FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
NEVER QUESTION WHY
FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
FLY, BADGER FLY


THEN, MUCH LIKE TOOTHPASTE
SQUEEZED THROUGH ONE'S FINGERS AND DOWN THE DRAIN
HE IS GONE

SUCH IS THE FLIGHT OF THE BADGER
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion


I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.


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I never tire of reading this piece of.......art. :-)
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piece, Tomcat.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion


I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.


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Duchess, can you do something about dAN?
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Alas, duchess didn't act in time, and the dANdeLION has become the blight of the Watch.
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:LOLS: Nice dAN. :D

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great song, didn't no badgers could fly.
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Perhaps the author simply meant 'take flight'. Or, perhaps the author had some arcane knowledge of a rare sub-species of badger that could glide from tree to tree like those funky flying squirrels, or, perhaps the author was aware of the possibility that the badger had a pilot's license.....
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion


I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.


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