Mau Mau Lyrics - Paul Kantner

by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Joey Covington 

Put your old ladies back into bed 

Your old men back into their graves 

Cover their ears so they can't hear us sing 

Cover their eyes so that can't see us play 

Get out of the way 

Let the people play 

We're gonna get down on you 

Come alive all over you 

Dancin' down into your town 

Tyrannosaurus Rex was destroyed before 

By a furry little ball that crawled along 

The primeval jungle floor 

And he stole the eggs of the dinosaur 

CLOSE YOUR EYES & CREATE THE SOUND 

OPEN YOUR HANDS & REBUILD THE GROUND 

We are egg snatchers - 

flashin' sunshine children 

Diamond thieves 

You unlease the dogs 

of a grade-B movie star governor's war 

While you sit in the dark - 

insane with the fear of dying 

We'll ball in your parks 

- insane with the flash of living 

I AM ALIVE 

I AM HUMAN 

I WILL BE ALIVE AGAIN 

So drop your fuckin' bombs 

Burn your demon babies 

I WILL BE AGAIN - 

The rabid lover-feelin' the starch in your grin 

Callin' for acid cocaine and grass 

And receiving your homemade gin 

PUSH THE BUTTON 

PULL THE SWITCH 

CUT THE BEAM 

C'MON MAKE IT MARCH 

Sign me up as a diplomat - my only office is the park 

You need to be out before you come in 

And after you come you go 

In the midst of Yang is a smaller part of Yin 

And when it happens you know - 

THE DAWN COMES 

HEY DICK 

Whatever you think of us is totally irrelevant 

Both to us now and to you 

We are the present 

We are the future 

You are the past 

Pay your dues and get outta the way 

'Cause we're not the way you used to be 

When you were very young 

We're something new 

We don't quite know what it is 

Or particularly care 

We just do it - You gotta do it 

Open your eyes there's a new world a-comin' 

Open your eyes there's a new world today 

Open your hearts people are lovin' 

Open it all we're here to stay 

OPEN THAT DOOR