William Talen / T. L. Barrett / arr. Nehemiah Luckett (2015)
choir | Rev. Billy
VERSE ONE
Wild animals
They disappeared
They disappeared
Wild animals
Wild animals
Extinction's here
Extinction's here
CHORUS
I'm worried cuz I don't know
I don't know - can we make it?
I don't know
I don't know - can we make it?
Don't think we can shake it
I don't know - can we shake it?
Oh, can we take it?
I don't know - can we take it?
VERSES TWO & THREE
Oh! Wild animals
Wild animals
Our wilderness
Our wilderness
It's in cages
It's in cages
Wild animals
Wild animals
What did we lose?
What did we lose?
Wild animals
Wild animals
Lonely for you
Lonely for you
Got the human blues
Got the human blues
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE [2x]
We killed
We killed you
The wilderness
You're gone
You're gone
You're here
REPEAT VERSE ONE
REPEAT CHORUS
CHOREOGRAPHY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkEqtypL5p4
From Lizzie: Here's an updated version of Al's extremely helpful break down of the dance moves with Human Blues lyrics! Thanks Al and Barbara.
1. Intro, walking in
1. Knee rubbing thing
2. Counter-clockwise turn (count of 16 roughly, when main melody comes in)
2. Chorus. Raise arms when lyrics start:
1. Waist height: Wild Animals
2. Lower Chest height: They disappeared
3. just below Shoulders height: Wild animals
4. Above Shoulders height: Extinctions here
3. I don't know can we make/make/shake/take it
1. Side to Sides - Step and Lean (First one is to the right); Do this 16 times (back and forth 8 times)
2. Freestyle period - hold note for count to 9 - then still.
4. Wild animals; our wilderness (Call & Response)
1. Toe-Heel Footstep Move (turn to your right first); Do this 4 times, until "What did we lose"
2. At "What did we lose," grab knees and do walking thing - slowly rise
5. I don't know can we make/make/shake/take it (call & Response)
1. Side to Sides - Step and Lean (First one is to the right); Do this 16 times (back and forth 8 times)
2. Freestyle Period - hold note for 12 - then still.
6. Bridge - "We killed, we killed you"
1. Put right foot out back to center, left foot out, back to center; 12 times (Or 6 times if you doing right and left as one)
2. You're gone, you're gone, you're here...
3. Running in place / walking thing - Slowly rise
7. Chorus Raise arms: "Wild Animals, they disappeared"
1. Waist height: Wild Animals
2. Lower Chest height: They disappeared
3. just below Shoulders height: Wild animals
4. Above Shoulders height: Extinctions here
8. I don't know can we make/make/shake/take it? (call & Response)
1. Side to Sides - Step move with step behind like the temptations; after twelfth step start clapping between (first one is between 12 and 13)
2. You will clap 12 times, move together towards the center.
9. END
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