It Never Seemed Right

Well, it started with a fish
 And a wish I made at a carnival show
 Threw the line in low
 And the man said, "Whoa, you won the prize"
 It was the fish with the silver eyes
 She was a lovely sight
 But it never seemed right
 Oh, it never seemed right
 No, it never seemed right
 Bugs in a jar, and cougars in a zoo,
 Hamsters in a cage for a better view
 We were watchin' them but they were watchin' too
 But it never seemed right
 No it never seemed right
 There was a parakeet
 Couldn't sleep for the noise that bird would make
 How his cage would shake
 He was smart and as blue as the summer sky
 The sky he'd never fly
 'Til the day he died
 You know, it never seemed right
 Some things you know deep in your soul
 'tho you may not understand
 Some things you feel are more than real
 When you hold them in your hand
 There are those who will tell their story
 There are those who never can
 He was a frightened kid
 Hid in a car that was headed North
 'Course they found him out
 Heard the border guards shout, and he felt rough hands
 As they grabbed him tight
 He was in jail by night
 But it didn't seem right