Dinosaur Robot is Full of Love.

In Jimmy Tucker's R&B reverie, a robot dinosaur imagines what it will feel like to fall in love and have sex for the first time, imagining his first love in the form of a crystal ball.
Recorded and performed in Fall 2024 in New York.

Dinosaur Robot is Full of Love

I don't know what it feels like, I'm sure it feels nice,
I'm afraid it will work out, I'm afraid that it won't.

I'm afraid I'll have to change my whole life,
Am I emotionally ready? I think so? No, I don't!

There could be kissing, hugging, holding hands,
Talking on the phone, and staying up real late,
Going to the movies, watching baseball from the stands.

I fantasize about what it would be like, 
I bet it would be great, 
Being with a girl, dancing, embracing,
Being able to talk about, 
talk about our feelings.

Someone who could be, 
your emotional center,
even if we're not physical, 
just holding each other.

You are the question, and she is the answer.
You are the question, and she is the answer.
You are the question, and she is the answer.

If you have sex with someone, 
You let your feelings show,
You let your feelings go,
Into one another.

You are the question, she is the answer.
You are the question, she is the answer.

Now I don’t want to do pet names, hey mama, hey sweet thing, hey boo boo, no. I’m not about that corny stuff. I’d say, this is my girlfriend and the whole world would know. We will be there for each other and that’s enough. It’s hard to put yourself out there. This girl might say no, or I’m busy. I hope I can experience love. I think it’s something everyone should experience. Change is a lot to deal with. Some people move too fast, but everyone moves at their own pace. Even though I haven’t been on a journey yet, it’s okay. When you experience something for the first time, it’s lovely because you really appreciate it. I want the girl to know my mom and my sister will always be number one in my life. I guess I can learn how to balance both. When I was in high school, I always felt like a guppy in a big ocean. Everybody was swimming, and I didn’t know how to swim. They were grasping something I didn't grasp. It’s hard to fit in sometimes when you feel like everyone is going to look at you differently and judge you because you don't understand something. I don't like being alone. I guess I’m afraid one day, I will be very old and alone.  I think it’s something we will think about and always wonder. I wonder what is going to happen one day from now, two days from now. It's hard to deal with change. I don't think it's ever going to be easy. I hope I can experience love.

Arranged and performed by Graeme Daubert.
Written by Priscilla Frank, based off the story by Jimmy Tucker.
Vocals by Graeme Daubert and Jimmy Tucker.

About the Storyteller: Jimmy Tucker

Jimmy Tucker is a New York based artist and a member of YAI Arts, a nonprofit studio supporting artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Through colorful and chaotic drawings and paintings, Jimmy builds his own science fiction universe populated by superheroes with disabilities alongside king rats, anxiety-addled robots, and mustachioed hot dogs. Inspired by artists including Prophet Royal Robertson, Jean Michel Basquiat, and Wiliam Scott, Tucker dreams of adapting his artworks into animated cartoons that will inspire the next generation of kids with disabilities. Jimmy’s work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby’s, Flux Factory, Spring Break Art Fair New York, and Ground Floor Gallery. A monograph of his work is currently in production with Books for All Press.

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