Tara tuatara told me a story just the other day
About how the world is warming
It’s not good for tuatara babies

She said the time is short but the years are long
We can find a way (come on people)
Cos we are the living fossils
Survivors of the dinosaur age

We only live on the islands now
We used to be everywhere
We are the kings and queens of an island kingdom
And ocean air (come on people)

You know the time is short but the years are long
And we can find a way (come on people)
We are the living fossils
Survivors of the dinosaur age

Tara tuatara blinked her third eye
And told me what she saw
Tara tuatara wanted to warn us
What we had in store (come on people)

She said the time is short but the years are long
And we can find a way (come on people)
We are the living fossils
Survivors of the dinosaur age

The order Sphenodontia
Needs a little help today
We are the living fossils
Survivors of the dinosaur age

Come on people
Come on people
Come on people
Come on people

Come on people, come on people
Come on people cool things down
Come on people, come on people
Come on people cool things down

For Tara tuatara and all her tuatara babies

© Claudia Robin Gunn