Bear ©2022 Tim O’Brien / No Bad Ham Music / admin by Bluewater / ASCAP

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I’m a bear he cried, but I’m more than that
There’s something you need to remember
I’m an integral community member, I’m neither tame nor feral
You ignore me at your peril, I’m a bear

Bear looked behind him and side to side
Saw a tree he could climb if he needed to hide
He’d been asleep all winter, of course he knew he stank
But he could smell that smoke a-coming from across the far creek bank

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Wood chips and stumps where the trees had been
Piles of rocks and logs so they’re building again
He growled “this world’s gone crazy, trying to close me in
I need more room to move” and then he reared back and roared again

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You won’t see me at the village fair
Ring in my nose, dancing round in the square
I’d rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log
Than to have you try to train me, like some jumpin’ circus dog

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Heard gun shots out on the eastern plain
He turned west to the mountain and the driving rain
He said “someday I’ll fight ‘em, with my back turned to the wall
Until that day I’ll keep on walkin, keep on walking tall”

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