Yak
The Lounge Lizards Lyrics

This is a story about a small but strong and proud man
The song is going to tell the story of a man who may be physically small but is strong willed and proud.

Who woke up one morning and looked at the ceiling of his bedroom
The man started his day by waking up and looking at his bedroom ceiling.

And said to himself, "What I love in this world, in this life Is God, my farm and my family."
The man reflected on the things he loves most in life: God, his farm, and his family.

And on his farm he had some cows, he had some cows, he had some cows He had some chickens, he had ducks, he had some very small barking dogs Little tiny one-inch-long dogs that had red stripes all over them And they lived mostly on the farmer's shoulder and when he woke up in the morning They'd go, "Hello, good morning, hi, how are you, good morning, hey." And he had a dog and he also had the strange and unusual beast called the yak
The man had a variety of animals on his farm including cows, chickens, ducks, one-inch-long dogs with red stripes that would greet him in the morning, a dog, and a yak.

And one day and verily as the man was surveying the beauty of his land Of his home, of the place where he lived, he said, with a smile on his face He said to himself, "My life has been good to me." And all the animals on the farm went, "Yes."
As the man was admiring his farm, he realized that his life has been good to him and all the animals agreed.

And he walked down off the porch and he noticed that a rake was facing the wrong way up The rake could be very dangerous to his young children when they came home from school And he must remember to fix that rake and he also walked past five hoes - ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
The man saw that a rake was facing the wrong way, which could be dangerous to his children when they come back from school. He also walked past five hoes.

And he walked up onto the hill, up onto the grassy knoll where President Kennedy was shot And he could see off yonder, off in the distance that the yak, who was tied to a chain, to a tree Was acting strange, the yak was moving its head from side to side The yak was making horrifying noises, the yak was going, "Raa, ra, raa, raa, raa, raa!" And the farmer, he says, "What's wrong, what could be wrong with the yak?"
The man walked up to the hill where he could see the chained yak acting strange by moving its head and making horrifying noises. The man wondered what could be wrong with the yak.

And the yak said, "I'm sick, you stupid farmer, I'm burning up with fever!"
The yak communicated to the man that he was sick with a fever and insulted the farmer in the process.

So the yak was, the yak was acting terrifying and the farmer moved closely to the yak Cos he was afraid of the yak cos the yak had bit him one time So he moved up closely and he put his hand on the yak's forehead And the yak was going, "Blaa, raa, raa!" And he could feel that the yak was burning up with fever and it terrified the man
Despite being afraid of the yak, the man moved closer to it and felt that it was burning up with fever, which terrified him.

So he rushed down the hill, he rushed down the hill past all the animals Who all looked nervous about the situation that was happening
The man rushed down the hill past all the nervous animals.

And first he came up to the porch and he burst into the kitchen And he said to his wife, who was beautiful and fair, he said "The yak is sick, the yak is sick, the yak is burning up with fever, the yak, the yak is sick!"
The man first went to the kitchen to tell his beautiful and fair wife that the yak was sick and burning up with fever.

And his wife, as always, put her hands on his shoulder and said "Calm down, be calm, just be calm - the yak is sick, the yak has a fever Just feed the yak, give the yak some toast, give the yak some toast Give the yak some, uh, here - give it some of this oatmeal here And give it some, uh, uh, give it some raisinettes and some, uh, pork chops from last night."
The man's wife calmed him down and suggested he feed the yak some toast, oatmeal, raisinetes, and leftover pork chops.

And she so ladened the man down with food that he could not see where he was going But he knew the path and he walked out the kitchen door backwards and came down the stairs
The wife gave the man so much food that he couldn't see where he was going, but he still managed to leave the kitchen backwards and come down the stairs.

And he walked and he stepped on the rake that was going the wrong up and the rake came up And hit him in the head and he died immediately and the moral of the story is - feed a fever, starve the yak
The man accidentally stepped on the rake that was facing the wrong way and it hit him in the head, causing his immediate death. The moral of the story is to feed a fever and starve the yak.

And though the man is dead, to this day you can still see the yak on top of the hill Shaking his head from side to side, going, "Raa, raa, raa, raa - I'm sick, I'm burning up with fever Raa, raa, raa - it's my farm now, raa, raa, raa, I can have his wife, raa Come to me on the hill, come to me on the hill, come to me on the hill."
Even though the man is dead, the yak is still on the hill shaking his head and claiming that the farm is now his and even suggesting that he can have the man's wife.