Al Stewart - The bear farmers of Birnam lyrics

The bear farmers of Birnam

Go out every night

Creep up on their harvest slowly

They got claw marks through and through

They lose an arm or two

No, it's not a job for everybody

The bear farmers of Birnam

Go out every night

Sing a song the bears are knowin'

You may squeeze and you may roar

You may bite and you may claw

But the bear farmers keep a-goin'

A bear farmer is proud

He's a strong and silent man

He never has the time to tarry

He lasts less than a year

But he never sheds a tear

Still, he's not the kind a girl should marry

A bear farmer won't shirk

Though it's often risky work,

He never will complain about it

If an arm or leg is strewn

On the ground he sees it hewn

He shrugs and learns to do without it

The bear farmers of Birnam

Go out every night,

Sing a song the bears are knowin'

You may squeeze and you may roar

You may bite and you may claw

But the bear farmers keep a-goin'

A bear farmer will smell

And in romance not do well

Oftentimes the girls reject you

A bear won't treat you so

You're satisfied to know

When he chews you up he still respects you.

The bear farmers of Birnam

Go out every night,

Sing a song - the bears do know him

You may squeeze and you may roar

You may bite and you may claw,

But the bear farmers keep a-goin'

Squeeze and you may roar

You may bite and you may claw

But the bear farmers keep a-goin