Arturo

They refused to even listen
Despite my soulful cries
I mean I was a Polar Bear
Who loved the bright blue skies
The ice caps and the frozen seas
That was my dream time where
Creation put me gave me a coat
And made me most aware

And then they came to trap me
And take me far away
From the ice caps
From my natural home
To a concrete hell
That day
I never could forget
Those greasy men
Who basically
Took me from my heaven
From the ice caps and the sea

And put me in a concrete cell
And it’s really as hot as hell
I sweat so much and was hopeful I
Could lay me down to sleep and die
It wasn’t right what those men did
Really someone should lift that lid
Give me back the ice and snow
And the natural diet that I know

But sadly it got worse and worse
Nobody was there to nurse
My agony my inward pain
The struggle and the awful strain
All day I sat on a concrete floor
Until my bottom it got raw
I was ever so hot and terribly sad
To be here at all in this concrete pad

Dead fish and flesh they gave to me
And hosed me down ocassionally
But it was uncomfortable and it was wrong
In this shit hole I did not belong
With people staring at me all day
Shouting expletives as they went on their way
With freedom something that I now had lost
The wide open spaces and where I was tossed

Just a concrete cell a smallish place
I wanted to hide not to show my face
Forlorn and stressed it wasn’t fair
Why the hell did They take me there
At night I dreamed of the cold again
Of the pretty penguins and their refrain
Of catching fish in the icy sea
And of seals who said Hello to me

Of the lack of people and the wilderness
Of the purest snow and the lack of mess
Whereas here there was litter and bottles about
And the smells were just dreadful Left in no doubt
I hated this zoo this violent place
Where animals cry and are lost without trace
It’s a horrible existence being here
And all of which brought the heightened fear

Apart from the heat and the lack of breeze
It’s filthy and dirty if you please
Nozbody cared for me I was alone
Inside of me was that constant groan
I had bugs in my fur biting me, they
Lived on my blood which took me away
To the sea to the ice to the heaven I knew
Away from this hell so bad it’s true

I know many animal rights folk out there
Signed the petitions I was so uaware
Of some of you humans marching for me
But this lot in here were bad frequently
Horrible to me always they’d swear
Forget to feed me I am a bear
It’s true but I have a heart and a soul
And I have feelings now hard to control

Yes I am aggressive but inside I cry
Yes I was a man cub but I wish to die
I just hate it here and if these folk don’t hear
What is the purpose to me it’s not clear
There isn’t a purpose nothing at all
All around me just another wall
Nothing thats living And I so miss the sea
I really am livid that I have to be

Something to stare at as I slowly die
Yes I’m getting thinner you want to know why
The food they are feeding me well it is dead
It stinks it’s all slimy I am going out of my head
Death if it comes is a godsend to me
These zoo keepers really they don’t want to see
Me feeLing nappy the nature of zoos
Is just to make money nothing to lose
I am a number a nothing a bear

Wasting away and no one to care

So tomorrow I am praying to Heaven above
To take me away to a place that I love
To the great arctic sea where the orca’s now sing
To the ice caps and ice floes and all of that bling
The diamonds of frost that clung to my back
The seals that I dug in the ice for the knack
Of catching my own food whereever I go
As long as it’s somewhere where there’s lots of snow

Farewell to you all my dear friends who tried
To help from the sidelines but you were denied
I can’t wait for your God to take me away
I must want and want to die so Today
My plea’s have been heard by my GOD in the sky
He is lifting me off to a place just to lie
In a great sea of ice with some old friends who say
it really is lovely to see you today