LYRICS - An Emo Emu Song

By Emma Johnson

January 19, 2008

--------------------------------------------

This is an emo emu song. / 1,2,3 … Here it goes:

I live in New York City. / The most populated city.

And it is such a pity/ because I live alone.

I wanted to get a cat—but—I / didn’t want to be stereotyped. So—I—

went to Australia (I got a good deal on airfare/ on Expedia).

While I was there—I—saw—a bird.

If you haven’t—guessed—yet—it was an emu.

An emu, I tell you.

An emu, I tell you.

The bird was an emu.

An emu, I tell you.

An emu, I tell you.

This bird was an emu.

Dro—ma—ious.

Dro—ma—ious.

Dro—ma—ious-------------------.

I flew to Australia—but—you are the only bird that cannot fly.

I bought—a ticket—for you on the plane

I even claimed that I was blind for you.

I brought you to my apartment. / Which is really small.

You were fine for a day. / But the next day you didn’t appreciate confinement at all!

So, I took you for a walk, but it was Black Friday.

There were so many people outside,

but I thought that we could find a way.

Oh oh emu

What to do?

Oh oh emu, what to do with you!

Then I made a terrible mistake. / I made a wrong turn.

We walked by a petting zoo /And for another emu you did yearn.

She was six feet tall, / Running at 50 kilometers an hour

Her brown, feathered skin / Fluffing up in the wind.

Small wings.

Long neck.

Is this really love at first site?

“Oh, what the heck?” I said.

I bought us two tickets / to the zoo.

That was the day that the petting-zoo-emu fell in love with you (fell in love with you).

Oh oh, emu. / Now I know what to do with you!

I called the zookeeper over

And asked if you could live with her.

The—finite details—of this story

Have—now—become a blur.

I remember the worker was happy,

That now their emu had a little friend.

Your lady-emu-friend laid some eggs

And incubated them for fifty-six days.

And during that time

You got used to each others’ ways.

Instead of mating for a standard five months

You wanted to be partners for life.

So, I enlisted a tailor to make a wedding dress/ for your wife.

It turned out a perfect fit,

Just like your bride and you.

And then, I realized there was only one thing to do.

I would have to let go of you.

I would have to let go of you.

Oh oh, emu.

Oh oh, emu. / You break my heart in two.

I walked the streets around St. Mark’s Place

Because I thought you needed some space.

But I went back to the zoo to see your babies being born.

And I could have sworn

I saw a smile.

I hugged you and your wife and your little baby emus.

and got so carried away that I fell into a guy.

“What are you doing?” He said

“I’m talking to my emus.”

“Why did you fall into me?/ Are you clumsy?”

“No! I get carried away when I hug my emus.

Emu, emu, I love you.”

“That’s a very good reason,” he said.

“Since you ran into me I thought you were a jerk, but you seem really sensitive instead.”

“I am.

I am---------------!”

“Do you want to go for a walk?” he said.

“Yes!” I said. “Yes!” I said.

The emu smiled at me, but it was bittersweet.

We both loved each other, but other species we had to meet.

It’s just our nature. / To mate with our own kind.

But anytime the emu has trouble, he calls me up in a bind.

Oh oh, emu. / I miss you.

Oh oh, emu. / you were right:

It was either Australia or the petting zoo for you.

Emu, emu. / The sacrifices that I make for you.

And now that I am married

I’m happy but a little sad.

I love my husband and my kids,

But sometimes I think about the good times we had.

Oh oh, emu

Oh oh, emu

I loved you from the start.

Oh oh emu.

Oh oh emu.

You will always have a special place in my heart.