{"id":48,"date":"2026-05-07T22:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:01:04","slug":"pick-me-pick-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/pick-me-pick-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick Me! Pick Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pick Me! Pick Me! by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F120441509&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics by John Lister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a lobster and I come from the sea, I\u2019m trapped here in a tank, people are staring at me<br>I\u2019m not quite sure why I am here; I\u2019m thrashing to and fro<br>I was minding my business, searching for some food, they caught me in a trap, I think that\u2019s very rude, I don\u2019t mean to sound ungrateful why don\u2019t you let me go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus;<br>Pick me; Pick me;<br>I\u2019m the cutest lobster that you\u2019ll ever see<br>I\u2019ll do a dance for you, play my favrit kazoo, if you will only set me free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been searching through this dreadful tank, never found a handle or a window crank<br>You see my claws have been shut by a mystical source<br>I miss my whole Lobster family, I need to get back home, Please, can\u2019t you see<br>Point in a direction and set me on my course<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus;<br>Pick me; Pick me,<br>I\u2019m the saddest Lobster that you\u2019ll ever see<br>I\u2019ll catch a fish for you, it\u2019s not all I can do, if you will only set me free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Johnny Lobster; I\u2019m a Lobster that sings, whatever kind of joy it brings<br>I hope it makes you happy and then you\u2019ll let me go<br>I have another friend he\u2019s Dr. Optimus, and he is the worlds first Lobster Optometrist<br>He will fix your glasses and we\u2019ll wave the opposite of hello<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Pick me; Pick me;<br>I\u2019m a Lobster in a state of misery<br>We\u2019ll play this song for you, let you play our kazoo, if you will only set us free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not quite sure people are listening to me, But I have a plan that\u2019s gonna set me free<br>All I need\u2019s a magic marker and some poster board in my claw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sign will read Pick Me; Pick Me; and when the people read it, they will set us free<br>When they see my penmanship they\u2019ll stand back in awe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pick me; pick me<br>I\u2019m the cutest Lobster that you\u2019ll ever see<br>I\u2019ll do my dance for you, even play my kazoo, if you will only set me free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics by John Lister I am a lobster and I come from the sea, I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pickme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}