Words and Music by Dennis Livingston EXTINCTION IS A TERRIBLE THING, A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THING. TO BE REDUCED TO PILES OF BONES DOES NOT GREAT HAPPINESS BRING. WHAT WENT SO WRONG? THE FOOD'S ALL GONE, THE DAY'S TOO DARK AND THE NIGHT'S TOO LONG.   THE MOUNTAINS SLIDE, THE SWAMPS ARE DRY, THE WEATHER'S CRAZY, I WANT TO HIDE. OH HARSH CRUEL FATE TO CONTEMPLATE, NO TIME FOR ONE LAST FLING! TO BE REDUCED TO PILES OF BONES DOES NOT GREAT HAPPINESS BRING. DOES NOT! DOES NOT! DOES NOT GREAT HAPPINESS BRING. DOES NOT! DOES NOT! DOES NOT GREAT HAPPINESS BRING. TO BE REDUCED TO PILES OF BONES DOES NOT... GREAT HAPPINESS BRING! NO MORE TO MIGRATE OVER THE HILLS, GALLUMPING THROUGH VALLEYS AND PLAINS. FROM SAURAPODS TO TRICERATOPS, THEY'RE ALL MERE DUSTY REMAINS. WHAT WENT SO WRONG? THE FOOD'S ALL GONE, THE DAY'S TOO DARK AND THE NIGHT'S TOO LONG.   THE MOUNTAINS SLIDE, THE SWAMPS ARE DRY, THE WEATHER'S CRAZY, I WANT TO HIDE. OH HARSH CRUEL FATE TO CONTEMPLATE, HOW LIFE DOES WAX AND WAIN! FROM SAURAPODS TO TRICERATOPS, THEY'RE ALL MERE DUSTY REMAINS. ARE NOW! ARE NOW! ARE NOW MERE DUSTY REMAINS. ARE NOW! ARE NOW! ARE NOW MERE DUSTY REMAINS. FROM SAURAPODS TO TRICERATOPS, THEY'RE ALL ... MERE DUSTY REMAINS! THE MAMMALS' TIME HAS FINALLY COME, TO DAINTILY DANCE IN GREAT HERDS. A PROSPECT WHICH TO YOU I MUST SAY JUST SOUNDS COMPLETELY ABSURD. WHAT WENT SO WRONG? THE FOOD'S ALL GONE, THE DAY'S TOO DARK AND THE NIGHT'S TOO LONG.   THE MOUNTAINS SLIDE, THE SWAMPS ARE DRY, THE WEATHER'S CRAZY, I WANT TO HIDE. OH HARSH CRUEL FATE TO CONTEMPLATE, WHEN NATURE GIVES THE WORD! A PROSPECT WHICH TO YOU I MUST SAY JUST SOUNDS COMPLETELY ABSURD. JUST SOUNDS! JUST SOUNDS! JUST SOUNDS COMPLETELY ABSURD. JUST SOUNDS! JUST SOUNDS! JUST SOUNDS COMPLETELY ABSURD. A PROSPECT WHICH TO YOU I MUST SAY JUST SOUNDS ... COMPLETELY ABSURD!     © 1991 Hallmark Music Co.   Back to Cretaceous Cabaret main page