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cetology - dave malloy lyrics

[ishmael]
already we are boldly launched upon the deep
but soon we shall be lost in its unsh0r-d, harborless immensities
so ere that come to p-ss
let us get into the famous long and boring whaling chapters
i shall start by cl-ssifying all the whales
but this is a ponderous task
and i should not pretend to be exhaustive, for who am i
but i have sailed and swung through vast oceans and libraries
still i’m sometimes dumb about things outside my mind
everything i read might be wrong, sometimes libraries lie
though i never mean to steer you wrong, i just might be a big liar
but though i’m bound to fail
let’s define a whale
a whale is a spouting fish with a horizontal tail
there you have him
and we may cl-ssify him thus:

finback whale
humpback whale
razorback whale
blackfish whale
sperm whale
right whale
sulfur bottom whale
and blue whale
grampus whale
thrasher whale
elephant whale
iceberg whale
pink whale
narwhale
pudding-headed whale
and shark whale
cannon whale
leading whale
bottlenose whale
coppered whale
scragg whale
quog whale
k!ller whale, and of course
white whale

[instrumental break]

and porpoises, porpoises
huzza, algerine, mealy-mouthed porpoises
yes porpoises are whales too
ooh

but these are just some words cl-ssified in a guidebook on a dusty shelf
who knows what they feel inside, who knows what they name themself
and there are other ones that i don’t know
there’s so much that i don’t know
who can write

sometimes i wish these whales could swim in an ocean that’s free of men like me

[?] aquatic paradise devoid of slack-eyed vultures that could poison and harpoon them
as men like me try anything and most everything to try and [?]

like this could be an amazing song, tie each type of whale to major themes:
god
determinism
ecology
capitalism
race
mono-maniacism
and america

but it was stated at the outset that this system would not be here perfected
as you cannot but plainly see i’ve kept my word
for who am i?
this here is but a draft of a draft
god keep me from ever completing anything

[all]
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience
time, cash, strength, patience

- dave malloy lyrics

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