"Eating Carp" Lyrics
(To the tune of OneRepublic's "Counting Stars.")
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Thinking of how we overfish the deep.
But here's a plan I think is pretty sharp,
Said no more eating salmon,
We'll be eating carp.
Yeah we'll be eating... carp.
Invasive carp, in the USA
Have an extensive range today,
Meant to clean up catfish farms,
Got away, now they cause harm.
Eat, but they won't take bait.
On plankton they concentrate,
Messing up the whole food chain,
Causing native sport fish pain.
I, I, Ah-ah-ah-I've
Been fishing so long,
And haven't caught one thing.
I've seen so many carp
Jumping around,
But I haven't caught one thing.
Please tell me why can't we try, can't we try
To net these carp and help the native fish survive.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Thinking of how we overfish the deep,
But baby, this plan's really pretty sharp,
Said no more eating pollock,
We'll be eating carp.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
These carp have delicate and mild meat,
So baby, this plan's really pretty sharp,
Said no more eating snapper,
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
In China carp rule the seafood scene
But in American cuisine
Carp is a four-letter word,
Commercial fishing ain't occurred.
Jump, when they're scared by boats,
Hurt folks when they're afloat,
Busting jaws and breaking legs.
River pirates now need pegs.
I, I, Ah-ah-ah-I've
Been fishing so long,
And haven't caught one thing.
But listen now, I know how, I know how
To turn this nuisance species into a cash cow.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Carp crashin' in when I start counting sheep,
But baby, really, this should not be hard,
Instead of eating tuna, we'll be eating carp.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Carp crashin' in when I start counting sheep,
But baby, really, this should not be hard,
Instead of eating flounder
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
Oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Silver carp, I see them fly,
Boat in the river, get hit in the eye.
But silver carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
Bighead carp are greedy brutes,
They starve other fish and don't give a hoot.
But Bighead carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
We can stop these carp…
Sport fish will survive.
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep,
These carp are everywhere, they'd sell so cheap,
You don't have to be from Scotland Yard
To figure out that really, we should eat some carp.
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Thinking about those plankton-feeding creeps.
Yeah, my seafood tastes are avant-garde,
But please stop eating seabass,
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
Silver carp, I see them fly,
Boat in the river, get hit in the eye.
But silver carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
Bighead carp are greedy brutes,
They starve other fish and don't give a hoot.
But Bighead carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
Thinking of how we overfish the deep.
But here's a plan I think is pretty sharp,
Said no more eating salmon,
We'll be eating carp.
Yeah we'll be eating... carp.
Invasive carp, in the USA
Have an extensive range today,
Meant to clean up catfish farms,
Got away, now they cause harm.
Eat, but they won't take bait.
On plankton they concentrate,
Messing up the whole food chain,
Causing native sport fish pain.
I, I, Ah-ah-ah-I've
Been fishing so long,
And haven't caught one thing.
I've seen so many carp
Jumping around,
But I haven't caught one thing.
Please tell me why can't we try, can't we try
To net these carp and help the native fish survive.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Thinking of how we overfish the deep,
But baby, this plan's really pretty sharp,
Said no more eating pollock,
We'll be eating carp.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
These carp have delicate and mild meat,
So baby, this plan's really pretty sharp,
Said no more eating snapper,
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
In China carp rule the seafood scene
But in American cuisine
Carp is a four-letter word,
Commercial fishing ain't occurred.
Jump, when they're scared by boats,
Hurt folks when they're afloat,
Busting jaws and breaking legs.
River pirates now need pegs.
I, I, Ah-ah-ah-I've
Been fishing so long,
And haven't caught one thing.
But listen now, I know how, I know how
To turn this nuisance species into a cash cow.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Carp crashin' in when I start counting sheep,
But baby, really, this should not be hard,
Instead of eating tuna, we'll be eating carp.
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Carp crashin' in when I start counting sheep,
But baby, really, this should not be hard,
Instead of eating flounder
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
Oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Silver carp, I see them fly,
Boat in the river, get hit in the eye.
But silver carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
Bighead carp are greedy brutes,
They starve other fish and don't give a hoot.
But Bighead carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
We can stop these carp…
Sport fish will survive.
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep,
These carp are everywhere, they'd sell so cheap,
You don't have to be from Scotland Yard
To figure out that really, we should eat some carp.
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep,
Thinking about those plankton-feeding creeps.
Yeah, my seafood tastes are avant-garde,
But please stop eating seabass,
We'll be, we'll be eating carp.
Silver carp, I see them fly,
Boat in the river, get hit in the eye.
But silver carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.
Bighead carp are greedy brutes,
They starve other fish and don't give a hoot.
But Bighead carp are good to eat,
Fish in the river and harvest their meat.