LYRICS
You can get a glimpse
Of a 3-eyed shrimp
At the festival
No more can the dinosaur
Soar or explore
Since the festival
March of the human race
Has left it’s deadly trace
Through the heart of the desert
Planned it
Damn it!
Took the chance to dance
On an ancient stance
At the festival
3-eyed shrimp could not endure
Put an end to the dinosaur
Since the festival
March of the human race
Has left it’s deadly trace
Through the heart of the desert
Planned it
Damn it!
Three-Eyed-Dinosaur-Shrimp.mp3
This is a song about the Burning Man festival of 2023. The Metro UK reported, “Floods at Burning Man have woken up organisms that can lie dormant in the dried-out lake bed for decades. Triops and fairy shrimp are small crustaceans that can survive extreme environmental conditions like drought. They do this by laying eggs that can remain dormant for years until the right conditions are met. When it rains, the eggs hatch and the shrimp emerge to live in the newly formed water. Triops are related to the oldest living creature, Triops cancriformis, which is why they are sometimes called ‘dinosaur shrimp’.”
Rain is rare in the desert of Nevada. 70,000 people marching over the mating of 3-eyed shrimp is even rarer. Now the question is — will any of the Three-Eyed Dinosaur Shrimp survive?
Chords: D A D / C A / C G D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar