Story Behind The Song

One day we stood on a bluff overlooking a meadow we were surveying for our new home. The land was covered in blueberries. It suddenly dawned on us that we were standing in the middle of some bear's pantry - a new term for southern bbq!

Song Description

Track #7 - Cabin Song David Walburn

Lyrics

Bear Song
David Walburn 1998 ©
(406) 250-9415

VERSE Living in the woods isn?t all that bad
But if they tell you it?s safe then you?ve been had
Cause there?s something out there hard to comprehend
A brown ball of fur with a saw tooth grin
And he smells like the devil and weighs about a ton
And he can do 30 on a flat out run

VERSE And they say not to run or to climb a tree
But playing dead is no way of dying to me
I?d rather run and try to escape
That saw tooth grin with a teddy bear face
?Cause he can do 30 on a flat out run
But I?ll be doing 40 and I?m long gone

CHORUS I said Go, Go, Go, hey my friends we?re moving way too slow
Go, Go, Go, this ain?t Jack Frost nipping at your toes
Go, Go, Go, hey my friends we?re moving way too slow
We gotta? get up and go

VERSE I?m a mountain man and I claim to be
But when I saw that bear dung I dropped to my knees
There were blueberries steaming in the morning sun
Big as round as a beer can and twice as long

VERSE And I was disappointed but I wasn?t surprised
When I saw a brown flash in the back of my eye
I knew when I turned just what I?d see
A brown ball of fur looking down at me, saying

CHORUS (repeat) you?re moving way too slow

VERSE Well he let out a roar and he charged down the hill
We soiled ourselves, and spoiled his meal
Then we dropped our guns trying to confuse him
Truth is we didn?t know how to use them

VERSE We took off running and caught a head of steam
Motivated by the eating machine
I passed Jimmie then Doug passed me
All fighting and scrapping to keep the lead

VERSE ?Cause there?s a rule in the woods
And the mountain men know it
You don?t have to be the fastest
Just don?t be the slowest

CHORUS (repeat twice) We?re moving way too slow