Hot Zoo

Adrian Belew · Mr. Music Head [1989]

Pay here chimpanzee

Don't park under the aviary

Walk through heatwave afternoon fast food, hot zoo



Do the shuffle to the buffalo

See the mad monkey by the lonely pay phone

Let's go fishin' in the air conditioned dark

Man, look at the bite on that great big bark



Waste here, souvenir land

Don't feed, nobody your hand

Rest room photograph pachyderm cat house, hot zoo



Three sleepy zebra in their living room suits

Joke with a crazy cockatoo

Big giraffe in their injured party hats say

"Are you gonna watch our customary nap?"



Eat here, a dinosaur egg

Don't touch, the tarantula legs

March like army ants itchin' for a PX, hot zoo



I dig iguana in their outer space duds

Sayin', "Aren't you glad we only eat bugs?"

Closing time, quick! close those gates

Capture a few of these human apes



Exit here, kangaroo

Don't forget to come back soon