I Don't Eat Animals 
Composer(s): Melanie Safka
Performer(s): Melanie Safka



I was just thinking about the way it's supposed to be
I'll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees
And I'll live on vegetables and I'll grow on seeds
But I don't eat animals and they don't eat me
Oh no, I don't eat animals 'cause I love them, you see
I don't eat animals, I want nothing dead in me

I don't eat white flour, white sugar makes you rot
Oh, white could be beautiful but mostly it's not
A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese
But I don't eat animals and they don't eat me
Oh no, I don't eat animals 'cause I love them, you see
I don't eat animals, I want nothing dead in me

A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese
I'll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees
And I'll live on vegetables and I'll grow on seeds
But I won't eat animals and they won't eat me
Oh no, I'll live on life, I want nothing dead in me
You know I'll become life and my life will become me
You know I'll live on life and my life will live on me

I wrote this song in Columbus, Missouri
I was... had a day off, so I, I wanted to go to the country
and that wasn't very difficult because the country was... 
Columbus, Missouri is the country
And I walked outside my door and I saw a big cow and I said
"Oh, moo, you know, don't you, you know that I don't eat cows?" 
And the cow didn't say anything except: "Mmmm, Melanie"
And so, and so I wrote him this song
and I wrote it really for all the cows