The Animals

Lyrics: Brian Godchaux
Music: Brian Godchaux

I had a dream, it felt so true
They led all the animals from the zoo
The elephants were dancing in the street
Fields of flowers beneath their feet
La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da

I met a lion walking on the road
He asked me to help him carry his load
A load so heavy he could hardly stand
Said he was walking to the promised land

Playing on the drum, par-um-pa-pum-pum
Strumming on the strings and the trumpet blow
If you ain't got a drum, par-um-pa-pum-pum
Raise up your voice in song

A zebra was talking to a chimpanzee
Said, don't you wish you had stripes like me
If you had some stripes upon your back
You wouldn't need nothing, nothing would you lack

In the field the rhinoceros stood
One eye open and one eye shut
I asked the rhinoceros, what did he see?
He said, everywhere I look, I just see me

Playing on the drum, par-um-pa-pum-pum
Strumming on the strings and the trumpet blow
If you ain't got a drum, par-um-pa-pum-pum
Raise up your voice in song

La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da

I met an elephant down at the mall
I asked her to tell me what she recalled
She said, I remember the ark and the flood
And after it was over, I remember the mud

From my dream, I then awoke
And mine is the last words you'll ever spoke
She said, I'm going home, that's all she wrote
The water may be lower but we're all in the same old boat