After one too many times being mistaken for a cow in VRChat I was late-night ranting about it on Mastodon (as one does), during which I said I should write a song about this except it would probably make things worse.
I shared the thread with my friend Jax, who is a fox, and she told me that she is always somehow getting mistaken for a wolf or a jackal, and she’d love to hear a song about all the different ways that people get confused about species in VRChat.
So that made this song pop into my head, and I decided I’d record it for my upcoming album, Misfits.
I tested it as new material at a couple of shows and the response was overwhelming, and several people asked me where they could get it right now. I told them it was going to be on my next album and I didn’t know when that’d be done, and they were very disappointed by this.
Anyway, after a bit more time and thinking I realized that maybe this song didn’t really go with Misfits (ironically), and that it could be released as a single. So here it is.
These horns upon my head are so often misread The conversation after a frustrating retread So many assertions from the very badly-bred Please listen to what I tell you right now
So many people get my species in a misconfusion As if the whole wide world is under a mass delusion Please use your eyes and ears and brain and constitution I am so obviously not a cow
That girl is a fox, not a wolf, not a jackal That bird has a beak that is obviously grackle A bat’s not a dog, nor a furry polliwog It’s an aesthetic, not a racial analog
Please listen to someone when they say what they are Even if you can’t tell wickerbeast from nardotaur Your first assumption wrong, so please listen to this song I am not a cow!
Back to me, where’s my hoof? Oh that’s right I have a mitten I don’t moo, but I rawr, or I meow like I’m a kitten Tail of a Fraggle, of which I am often smitten So you might wonder just what I am
With the heart-shaped nose and the plaid chromatophores Sometimes vinyl, sometimes static, plush or something more Or that one part of me where someone can count to four I’m a critter, anthropomorphic human
That girl is a fox, not a wolf, not a jackal That bird has a beak that is obviously grackle A bat’s not a dog, nor a furry polliwog It’s an aesthetic, not a racial analog
Please listen to someone when they say what they are Even when you can’t tell wickerbeast from nardotaur Your first assumption wrong, so please listen to this song I am not a cow!
Why is there a problem, are you feeling indecision Do you need to know what I am with extreme precision? When you think of me what do you now envision? Think carefully before you make a bad decision
This is a problem I only have in VRC I’ve had this fursona since around 2003 Then again some other people think that I’m a bee Why is it so hard to know what people think of me
If you are unsure, if you ever have a doubt About someone’s fursona and what they are all about And you want to know why they have a certain snout You can always ask them what they are
Have an open mind and I think that you will find The challenge of assumption, stereotypes unwind People are just people and we should all be so kind Respect the answers given, you’ll go far…
And I am not a cow!
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There’s a wiener dog on a motorcycle Riding ‘round the countryside It waves its paw at all the people Sure seems strange to me!
Wiener dog on a motorcycle Counts nine cows and just one hen… One two three four five six seven Eight, nine, hen
Stops to smell the flowers Because they are so pretty Then the dog decides to ride Into the big city
And the wiener dog on the motorcycle Came up to a dinosaur The dog asked Dino how it’s doing, Dino let out a roar!
“What is wrong?” asked the wiener dog, “Is there a reason that you roar?” The Dino said, “My name is Dino And I’m sore.”
The wiener dog said, “That’s too bad! Can I help you somehow?” The dinosaur said, “I am glad That you are here right now!”
The wiener dog with the motorcycle Made friends with the dinosaur And now they live out in the country Sure seems strange to me
Now they have a farm together With nine cows and just one hen One two three four five six seven Eight, nine, ten
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