Molly the Moose

from The Teasing Bird by Ira Marlowe

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Molly the Moose got loose in New York City (The moose is loose!)
Molly the Moose said, “This zoo just will not do!”
She didn’t need antlers, she asked her handlers
To please hand over the keys
Molly asked nicely
When you weight 900 pounds
You don’t have to throw your weight around

Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants to be free

Molly the Moose was too big for the subway (The moose is loose!)
Molly the Moose went marching right down Broadway (The moose is loose!)
Folks from the press snapped photographs
Policemen yelled, the kids all laughed
Now, a talking moose is a crazy thing
But it’s stranger when they sing
And what did Molly sing?

Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants

--to feel the grass between their toes
--to feel the sunshine on their nose
--to taste the rain, to sniff the breeze
--to live their life the way they please
Everybody wants to be free

The moose is loose!

Molly the Moose was in no great big hurry (The moose is loose!)
But pretty soon she found herself in Jersey (The moose is loose!)
Now, hitchhiking is no way to travel
Unless you are a giant mammal
Molly caught a ride on a big Mac truck with Manitoba plates
And you could hear her song
All along the interstate

Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants to be free
Everybody wants
--to feel the grass between their toes
--to feel the sunshine on their nose
--to taste the rain, to sniff the breeze
--to live their life the way they please
Everybody wants to be free

The moose is loose!

Molly the Moose got loose in New York City

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from The Teasing Bird, released February 19, 2014

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