Story Behind The Song
The song title was inspired by a flyer for a meeting of a wildlife conservation group. The theme and lyrics all stem from the heading on the flyer "Species Closeout".
Song Description
A song about how everything in this world is a commodity sold for profit, including endangered species. It reveals that our society has come to the point where nothing has value unless it is a product, including other living things.
| Song Length |
3:44 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Annoyed, Distressed |
Subject |
Wild Animals, General |
| Similar Artists |
Foo Fighters, Beck |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Species Closeout
Lyrics ©Thea Kearney
Black rhinos, indian elephants, orangutans, and chimpanzees
Your brothers, your sisters are calling out in agony
Panthers and tigers, bats and crocodiles
Monkeys and kan garoos at a discount price
Species closeout, species closeout, go, get 'em while they last, species closeout
Human expansion and greed, breeding like rabbits, can't just have two or three
Bear gall bladder, tiger aphrodisiac, as if we reall y needed help to breed
Rhinos and elephants, black bears and orangutans
Jaguars and leopard skins at a discount price
Species closeout, species closeout, go, going, going fast, species closeout
Get 'em while they last, bargain prices, going, going fast, species closeout
Clear-cutting for the U.S., ivory from Africa, whale hunts for the Japanese
Silt in rivers, oil in oceans, factory trawlers strip-mining seas
Lions and manatees, wolves and chimpanzees
Pandas and lemurs at a discount price
Species closeout, species closeout, go, get 'em while they last
Species closeout, going, going fast, at a bargain price
You can get 'em, get 'em while they last, we make money fast
Species closeout, get 'em while they last
Species closeout, going, going fast
Species closeout, species closeout