The Lone Rhinoceros

Adrian Belew · Salad Days [1999]

I'm a lone rhinoceros

There ain't one hell of a lots of us left in this world



I stand alone in my concrete cell

Where people stare and toss me coke cans

I guess it's better than being poached

But I'd give my horn just to see my homeland



I'm a lone rhinoceros

There ain't one hell of a lots of us

I'm a lone rhinoceros

There ain't one hell of a lots of us left in this world



They say I am ugly, call me a beast

I hear them snicker when I'm half asleep

Is beauty such a big commodity

I always heard it was only so deep



I know the zoos protect my species

They give me food, collect my feces

But I can't help it, I miss the past

I'll never again see my good old mud bath