Lyric

Egg Panic

Verse 1

I quit my job about ten years back

Traded my tie for a pickup and a shack

People said, “Man, you’re outta your head”

Now they’re lining up for the eggs I bred

They laughed when I bought those chickens cheap

Said, “That dream ain’t gonna keep.”

Now grocery shelves look kinda tragic

Turns out hens are economic magic

Chorus (Big mixed crowd, slightly dumb but proud)

Half a dozen, half my pay

Sunny-side life day by day

One more carton, one more fight

Scrambled truth on a Friday night

Eggs! Eggs! Don’t crack yet!

Life’s expensive, place your bet!

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Verse 2

Bird flu headlines, panic online

Some guy hoards them like vintage wine

Cash in hand, no receipt

Cartons stacked in a secret suite

Politicians say “We understand”

While holding brunch with lobbyist hands

Three-dollar eggs become twelve overnight

Freedom’s great, but so’s a bite

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Break (Shouted chaos)

Eggs!

Life!

Eggs!

Life!

Eggs!

Life!

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Verse 3

Rent went up, gas went wild

Student loans still runnin’ miles

Streaming bills, subscription hell

Democracy’s on two-for-sale

But here we are with frying pans

Counting shells like retirement plans

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Final Chorus (Biggest, wildest)

Half a dozen, half my soul

Crack it open, pay the toll

One more carton, one more try

Inflation makes a grown man cry

Eggs! Eggs! Hold the line!

Brunch is now a luxury crime!

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Last line (Sudden quiet)

But the yolk don’t lie