Blast from the past

Listening to the radio on my drive home today, I got a blast from the past. "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was not Was! I was so excited! I remember loving this song so much back in 1988. As the song neared the end, it took a turn for the worst...why would this strange, confused singer kill a dinosaur?? And how could I have forgotten about this part of the song?? Had I never listened to the end of the song before? Was I just a crazed 8 year-old, shouting at the top of my lungs about dinosaurs, drowning out the awful turn of events for this poor beast?

So many questions...so few answers.

Lyrics:
It was a night like this
forty million years ago
I lit a cigarette
picked up a monkey
start to go.
The sun was spitting fire
the sky was blue as ice
I felt a little tired so I watched "Miami Vice".

I walked a dinosaur
I walked a dinosaur!
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody walk the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody walk the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody walk the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody walk the dinosaur.

Boom boom acka-lacka-lacka boom
boom boom acka-lacka boom boom. . .

I met you in a cave
you were painting Buffalo
I said I'd be your slave
follow wherever you go.
That night we split a rattlesnake and danced beneath the stars
You fell asleep
I stayed awake and watched the passing cars.

I walked a dinosaur
I walked a dinosaur! . . .

A shadow from the sky
much too big to be a bird
A screaming
crashing noise
louder than I've ever heard.
It looked like two big silver trees
that somehow learned to soar
Suddenly a summer breeze and a mighty lion's roar.

I killed a dinosaur
I killed a dinosaur!
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody kill the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody kill the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody kill the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody kill the dinosaur.
Open the door
get on the floor
everybody kill the dinosaur.

Boom boom acka-lacka-lacka boom
boom boom acka-lacka boom boom. . .
Boom boom acko-locka-lacka boom
boom boom acka-lacko boom boom. . .