Michelle Shocked Don't Ask lyrics

Did I ever tell you about the time
I was changed into a rabbit
That's right, I was
Changed into a rabbit by the midnight owl
That's right, the midnight owl

You don't believe me, ask the red fox
He saw it, shook him so bad he ran tucky tail
Didn't even chase me that night
And you know he likes to chase rabbit
How I come to be there? That's another story

I was trying to get home, walking the flattire road
When the midnight owl swoops on my shoulder
Wings flapping in my ear, I jump right out of my skin
I think that's how he did it, I jumped right out of my skin
Rabbit looking for a place to hide, he jumped right in

So there I was, a scared little rabbit
On the flattire road, looking for a place to hide
And all I know about rabbits is what I've seen on cartoon TV
Rabbit eats a carrot, but what eats a rabbit?
I'll tell you what eats a rabbit, shakeashake eats a rabbit

I'm there by the side of the road when
I hear a shakeashake sliding up from the ditch
A low, slow snaky sound, louder shakeashake

Louder shakeashake
Slithers up beside me, white fangs hanging
In the moonlight, poison for my neck
Me, just a little rabbit

I don't know what to do when a shakeashake moves
Then I hear the wind whisper jump little rabbit
I jumped so high you never saw my shadow land
And my heart is beating faster now
Oh, much faster now


I'm across a field and looking for a hideyhole
Wishing I was home in my safe snugabed
A helzahowl is baying, and the red fox goes running by
But he's no time for chasing me, the helzahowl is chasing him
Fox gives a wink instead and then he climbs inside the moon

I'm wishing I could rest, my heart pounding
In my chest but tonight is just for jumping
And for hopping, not for stopping
Helzahowl is on me in the yellow of a tooth
And his snarl has got me cornered by the beetleberry tree

I'm just a little rabbit, just a scared little rabbit
I don't know what to do when a helzahowl moves
Then I hear the wind whisper jump little rabbit
So I jump into the tree, where he couldn't follow me

And that is how I found the midnight owl
Who who who sleeps in the beetle berry tree
I was just a little rabbit, but he woke with such
A start that he jumped right out of his skin
And that is how I did it, see, I jumped right in

I flew to the moon where I found the red fox
And I can tell you he was sure
Surprised to see the likes of me
He winks and chases me once
Around the moon for old time's sake

And then I drop him off at six o'clock
And he and I agree we would get our story straight
We got our story straight and I'm sticking to it now
I was changed into a rabbit, but please don't ask me how