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I've Been Livin' In a Food Chain

Original lyrics penned 1993, © 2004 by Jim Nelson

To the tune: "Working on the Railroad "

I've been shinin' on a food chain, all the livelong day

I've been shinin' on a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I'm the major source of e-ner-gy, for the planet Earth

Every living thing below me, neeeeeds sunshine first.

I've been growing in a food chain, all the livelong day

I've been growing in a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I'm a very green producer, through pho-toe-synthesis

Plants, like me make life on Er-earth, easy for the rest

I've been eating in a food chain, all the live long day

I've been eating in a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I'm a level one consumer, called a crih-ih-ket

I eat only plants and eye-I'm eaten by the rest

I've been hunting in a food chain, all the live long day

I've been hunting in a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I'm a level two consumer, a small in-sect-ih-vore

Frogs, and shrews, and bats, and swallows

Eat insects, I want more

I've been prowling in a food chain. all the live long day

I've been prowling in a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I'm a level three consumer, a large, swift pred-a-tor

I ... eat weaker birds and mammals, the strong ones I ignore

I've been living in a food chain, all the live long day

I've been living in a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I eat anything that's tasty, plants or meat or fish

Human beings like me are truuuly ah-omnih-voe-rous

I've been ruining a food chain, all the live long day

I've been ruining a food chain, it's time you heard me say

I care more about my money, than the planet Earth

I spill chemical pollution and clearcut rain forest

I've been caring for a food chain, all the live long day

I've been caring for a food chain, it's time you heard me say

You can't replace the Earth with money, if you think so then you're wrong

Our natural habitat is shrinking, once it's gone it's gone