Lyrics: Knocking ’round The Zoo
Album: Original Flying Machine 1967
Artist: James Taylor
 

Just knocking around the zoo on a thursday afternoon
There’s bars on all the windows and they’re counting up the spoons
And if i’m feeling edgy there’s a chick who’s paid to be my slave
But she’ll hit me with a needle if she thinks i’m trying to misbehave

Now the keeper’s trying to cool me says i’m bound to be alright
But i know that he can’t fool me ’cause i’m putting him uptight
And i can feel him getting edgy every time i make a sudden move
And i can hear them celebrating every time i up and leave the room

Now my friends all came to see me they point at me and stare
Said he’s just like the rest of us so what’s he doing in there
They hide in their movie theaters drinking juice-keeping tight
’cause they’re certain about one thing that zoo’s no place to spend the
Night

Just knocking around the zoo on a thursday afternoon
There’s bars on all the windows and they’re counting up the spoons
And if i’m feeling edgy there’s a chick who’s paid to be my slave
But she’ll hit me with a needle if she thinks i’m trying to misbehave