Animals

Aren't we all animals?
The teacher said so.
We came from nowhere, and nowhere we'll go
The teacher said so

Before Jenny was Jenny, Jen was just the backyard
The teacher said we was just bugs in the bark
But I don't think, if I think, we can think
Like animals, the way they all do
With fleshy meat spackling their cheeks
Dirt and earth in their toes
But the teacher said so