Bear Court

from Bear Court by Eric & Robbie

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Walking down the woods one day I didn’t have nothing to do
When I saw an apple tree and I thought I’d have a few
These apples are very good, so I did declare
When all of a sudden I was surrounded by bears
This apple tree is ours they said and you are on our land
I said, “please cut me a break, you’re bears, I’m just a man”
Then before I even had a chance to protest
A bear in uniform came up and placed me under arrest

Bear court, bear court
Bear court, bear court
Yea I’m going down to bear court
And my life may be cut short
Yea nobody’s ever won case
Way down in bear court

They dragged me way down to a big old bear court house
Where they do their best to turn a bear into a mouse
I wasn’t given a lawyer, and the jury wasn’t there
And to my dismay, the judge was a big old bear
The judge slammed his gavel and gave me one demand
To tell him if I’d really taken apples off their land
I said yes I’m sorry, can you please tell me my bail
He said there isn’t one you get life in bear jail

Now I’m sitting in a cell with a bunch of guilty bears
They look kinda hungry and I’m getting pretty scared
The food is the same old thing each and every day
I’ll be eating raw fish until I am old and grey
All you people out there, please listen to my plea
Don’t commit crimes on bear land like me
So next time you’re about to pick an apple off a tree
Stop it or you will go down to bear court just like me

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from Bear Court, released May 17, 2016

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