Dinosaur Park

(album: Coco Moon - 2023)

Welcome to South Dakota
Here in early July
Tucked away in The Black Hills
On an especially starry night
A concrete green Brontosaurus
Has a subtle glint in her eye

Cuz under the moonlight
When the moment is right
Under the moonlight
Things come alive

In Dinosaur Park
Long after dark
I wonder what happens there
When no one's around
Does some kinda magic fill the air?
I won't ever prove
Statues can move
But I'd like to think they do
So I make believe
With all of my heart
There's magic afoot
Unseen in the dark
In Dinosaur Park

Boy, I love Rapid City
And that hilltop of beasts
When I gaze up at that T-Rex
It's like he's staring back at me
Yeah those old dinosaur sculptures
Fill my heart with awe and intrigue

Cuz under the moonlight
When the moment is right
Under the moonlight
Things come alive

In Dinosaur Park
Long after dark
I wonder what happens there
When no one's around
Does some kinda magic fill the air?
I won't ever prove
Statues can move
But I'd like to think they do
So I make believe
With all of my heart
There's magic afoot
Unseen in the dark
In Dinosaur Park

Cuz when the moon's sitting pretty
Above Rapid City
There's much more than meets the eye
And I can only imagine
What strange things could happen
When nobody's on Skyline Drive
And when I leave Minnesota
To see South Dakota
I got a lot of things on my mind
Cuz I can only imagine
What strange things could happen
Up on top of that hill at night

What do dinosaurs talk about
When they're alone?
Before the sun comes up
And they turn back to stone
Do they look down on the city lights
Even though they don't bat an eye?
And then at night, when the moon is bright
Do they come alive?
I have a sneaking suspicion inside

Cuz in Dinosaur Park
Long after dark
I wonder what happens there
When no one's around
Does some kinda magic fill the air?
I won't ever prove
Statues can move
But I'd like to think they do
I don't know how
And I don't know why
But I get the feeling deep down inside
There's magic afoot
In the middle of the night

Cuz when the moon's sitting pretty
Above Rapid City
There's much more than meets the eye
And I can only imagine
What strange things could happen
When nobody's on Skyline Drive
And when I leave Minnesota
To see South Dakota
I got a lot of things on my mind
Cuz I can only imagine
What strange things could happen
Up on top of that hill at night

In Dinosaur Park
In Dinosaur Park