Lyric Monkey and the Elephant

(Shel Silverstein)

(Okay kids, I m gonna sing you a song now
Bout a monkey and an elephant.
It s all happened a long time ago.
Whenever I say "a long time ago"
You all jump in there with me.
Okay? Are you ready?)

Well once the world was full of monkeys a long time ago
And the elephants with the big long trunkies a long time ago
And the elephants swam in the Zazafram Sea
And the monkey swung from the Zilibum tree
And life was silly as it could be a long time ago.

One day the elephant was feelin spunky a long time ago
She went to have a talk with the monkey a long time ago
And the elephant said oh Lordy me, I think I m in love with the bumblebee
Do you think she s a little too little for me a long time ago?

Now the monkey said you re thinkin like a donkey a long time ago
Ah she s so small and you re sorta chunky a long time ago
So sit right down upon my knee, I ll tell you why your love can never be
It s a physical imposibility any old time at all.

Now the elephant s tears went plunkity plunky a long time ago
Then he went home to pack his trunky a long time ago
He said I see that bee was not for me so he went and married a little gray flee
And they were happy as they could be and they had children one, two, three
But if you wanna know how please don t ask me it was a long long time ago...