I'm Doug,
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And I'm Darrell,
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And we are squirrels.
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We live in your backyard in a big oak tree,
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That's our world.
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We saw you and your family,
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Filming us with your Flip cam.
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Shaking out little tails,
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Eating crackers from your hand.
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We know we're irresistible,
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Seemingly even kissable,
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Extremely home video-able,
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And effortlessly uploadable.
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But what makes you think that gives you the right,
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To make us internet memes,
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Overnight.
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We didn't sign a release.
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You didn't get our consent,
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To put our private lives on the public internet.
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We didn't sign a release.
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You seem surprised to find we're upset.
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You wonder,
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"How in the world can squirrels talk,
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Much less have the internet."
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Well, you have email,
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We have tree mail.
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You have smartphones,
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We have pinecones.
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You have social networks,
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We have elaborate squeaks and chirps.
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[Squirrel noises]
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He just said, "You have no right to publish or distribute audio or video recordings of us including, but not limited to: our names, recorded mating calls, photographs, likenesses, nest location, tail length, or any information based on or derived there from.
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[Squirrel noises]
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Ah yes.
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In any forest...
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[Squirrel noises]
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...And perpetuity"
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If you don't cease and presist,
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A suit will be filed.
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Especially if we end up in the next,
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Squirrelz Gone Wild!
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We didn't sign a release,
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You didn't get our consent,
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To put our private lives on the public internet.
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We didn't sign a release,
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You violated our trust,
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We don't want the world to see the secret place where we hide our nuts.
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We didn't sign a release.
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Squirrel Rights
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| Rhett & Link |
