I Wanna Be A Bear

Album: Milo Goes To College (1982)
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Songfacts®:

  • Running 40 seconds long, this song makes the point that with all the complicated things in one's life (dates, makeup, money, life and death, wrinkled asses), it's better to sometimes go back to the natural state of things and become a basic animal, hence the bear. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Thomas - Waterloo, Canada
  • This was written by the group's guitarist, Frank Navetta, and bass player, Tony Lombardo. The Descendents shared songwriting duties. It's part of their first album, Milo Goes To College, named because lead singer Milo Aukerman was heading off to the University of California, San Diego. He ended launching a parallel career as a biologist at DuPont.

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