The Kea Blues (a song)

The kea took my shoes

Now they’re mangled and chewed

one inner sole is  gone

the other’s ripped in two

And now I’ve got the kea blues

…Oh how I loved those shoes

Waa waa waa waa waa

It’s an alpine parrot

I say alpine pirate

Doesn’t sail the high seas

But likes shredding the breeze

And my blue running shoes

And now I’ve got the kea blues

…Oh how I loved those shoes

Waa waa waa waa waa

It unzipped my backpack

And stole my chocolate bar

Whittakers Italian Piedmont Hazelnut

My favourite by far

And now I’m singing the kea blues

…Oh how I loved those shoes

Waa waa waa waa waa

The kea’s free and wild

A precocious child

Thinks it can do as it likes

For fun and delight

And keep me awake at night

I got the kea blues

…And did I tell you that I loved those shoes?

Waa waa waa waa waa

With it’s raucous cry

From the trees on high

It summons the gang

And they make a clever plan

To give us all the kea blues

…Oh I really loved those running shoes

Those blue running shoes

But all I’ve got now is the kea blues

Waa waa waa waa waa

The kea blues

…Oh how I loved those shoes