Discover the story of the song > Cows with Guns – Dana Lyons

The song describes cows as being big, dumb, and boring animals that are raised to be slaughtered for food. However, the protagonist cow secretly dreams of fighting for freedom and justice, influenced by revolutionary figures such as Che Guevara. He rallies other cows to fight against their captors, causing chaos and destruction. In the end, the cows are outnumbered and defeated, but the last line suggests that other animals, like chickens, might continue their fight for freedom.