Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo.
I do believe it,
I do believe it’s true.
The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere,
And the elephants are kindly, but they’re dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.
Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries,
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently.
On the Amazon, the prophylactics prowl
On the Amazon, the hypodermics howl
On the Amazon, you’ll hear a scarab scowl and sting
zodiac’s on the wing
All the stalactites and vicious vertebrae
Hunt the stalagmites while laryngitis slay
All that parasites that come from Paraguay in the spring
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling down your snout
Be merry my friend, be merry
Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see:
“Beneath this stone I’m forced to lie
The victim of the blue-tail fly”
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh,
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
L. A. proved too much for the man.
Sometimes
I feel like I want to live
Far from the metropolis
Just walk through that door
Sometimes
I feel like I want to fly
Reach out to the painted sky
A prisoner to the wind
A bird on the wing
Birds fall from the window ledge above mine.
Then they flap their wings at the last second.
You see birds fall from the window ledge above mine.
Then they flap their wings at the last second.
I can see their dead weight
Just dropping like stones
Or small loaves of bread
Past my window all the time.
Who will love a little Sparrow?
Who’s traveled far and cries for rest?
“Not I,” said the Oak Tree,
“I won’t share my branches with
no sparrow’s nest,
And my blanket of leaves won’t warm
her cold breast.”
Maybe sparrow you should wait
The hawks alight till morning
You’ll never pass beyond the gate
If you don’t hear my warning
You tell me that you’ve got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don’t get me, you don’t get me
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
Walk right in it’s around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall
And I hope you’re thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don’t work
They just make you worse
But I know I’ll see your face again
Don’t you see no matter what you do
You’ll never run away from you
And if you keep on runnin’
You’ll have to pay the price
You left me just when I needed you
But I ain’t even close to through with you
What’ll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What’ll I do?
What’ll I do?
When I am wond’ring who
Is kissing you
What’ll I do?
What’ll I do with just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?
I’ll have a blue Christmas without you.
I’ll be so blue thinking about you.