i came across a wooden cow
it was standing out by the road
and i saw a crowd of cattle growing
this disturbed me
i'm going down to the rodeo
gonna join in the carnival fun
gonna watch those bovine run
when they are set free

there were holsteins......there were guernseys
there were more than you see now-a-days
and we've got to get ourselves back to the cow days

they had come to hear their god moo
he'd become their new high priest
they were gentle noble beasts
now they're stampeding
maybe its the time of year
for cattle to revolt on man
i just can't understand
its not in their breeding

there were holsteins......there were guernseys
there were more than you see now-a-days
and we've got to get ourselves back to the cow days

by the time we found the livestock
they were half a million strong
but i think there's something wrong
in their congregation
they flung themselves right off a cliff
couldn't stop them if we tried
they were bent on suicide
and not salvation

there were holsteins.......there were guernseys
there were more than you see now-a-days
and we've got to get ourselves back to the cow days