The Grasshopper Jungle

In 2016, the hosts of Love YA Like Crazy announced a contest: write a song for the podcast, ideally inspired by a book or something else related to the podcast. In 2017, we picked the winners, and Jake set them to music and recorded them. This entry was selected by Jake as his favorite. It was submitted by Katy [REDACTED], is based on Andrew Smith's book 'Grasshopper Jungle', and is to the tune of 'Eye of the Tiger'. Jake changed around the lyrics somewhat; the original ones can be found below. Rising up, onto the roof That's where the world started ending unstoppable soldier eggs were released into the world Now there's a man with a will to survive A horny teen and a bisexual love triangle Would have been bad enough But add some giant horny unstoppable praying mantises And that makes for a very bad idea CHORUS: It's the grasshopper jungle It's the weirdest book About an apocalypse with giant insects And the last known survivors Live in an underground bunker With only occasional cigarette runs In the small, town of Ealing Austin and his friend Robbie Escape an army of six foot praying mantises who only want to do two things It's the grasshopper jungle But there are no grasshoppers Though there is an apocalypse with insects And the last known survivors Live in an underground bunker Where they have a baby and live with some parents and a dog If you like grimacing lemur masks Then you should read this novel But if you'd rather read about unicorns and rainbows Move along, this book is not for you It's the grasshopper jungle Written with lots of strange repetition And there's an apocalypse with horny insects And the last known survivors Could have saved the world But instead they escape to an underground bunker The grasshopper jungle The grasshopper jungle The grasshopper jungle The grasshopper jungle