Bats Eat Bugs

words & music by Steve Van Zandt

©Banana Slug String Band

CHORUS

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Bats eat bugs, they don’t eat people,

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Bats eat bugs, they don’t fly in your hair,

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Bats eat bugs, they eat insects for dinner,

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That’s why they’re flying up there.

Coyotes eat rabbits, they don’t eat people,

Coyotes eat rabbits, ‘cause you’re too big to bite,

Coyotes eat rabbits, they eat rabbits for dinner,

That’s why they’re out in the night.

Snakes eat mice, they don’t eat people,

Snakes eat mice, that’s why they’re on the ground,

Snakes eat mice, they eat rodents for dinner,

And they don’t want you hanging around.

Vultures eat dead things, they don’t eat people,

Vultures eat dead things, ‘cause you don’t smell right,

Vultures eat dead things, they eat dead things for dinner.

So you better take a shower tonight.

Bears eat berries, they don’t eat people,

Bears eat berries, they don’t eat you or me,

Bears eat berries, and they might steal your dinner,

So you better hang it high in a tree.

Nothing out there wants to eat you,

Nothing out there wants to make you its meal,

Nothing out there eats people for dinner,

‘Cause they know how sick they would feel.