Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Good golly gosh,

In a colourful hoary haze

I lift my sterling head

But how could this have happened to anyone but me?

Somehow it seems to be nineteen thirty-three

I can hear her singing

as a delightful piano plays along,

and a big fat woman tramples down the spiraling embankment

of a long line of truculent stairs

But there are animal crackers in my soup

A blue rhinoceros, a tired elephant

and a dull sleeping cow
So let there be no dancing in the kitchen
or singing on the blarney stone
Only lions, tigers and bears are circling in my delicious stew
Because we all know that it is tough be an orphan
especially when the board of trustees comes to town
So there is no need to avoid the discipline
because you never really can
Let him strike you like Simone De Beauvoir
before she signs her book and brings a final treatise
for all of us to see

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

But most of all you should let them dangle in your tummy
just before the final striking tale
There are big ones and little ones
fat ones and skinny ones
But the little girl with the curly locks seems
to gather all the blame

Perhaps it all makes sense as Mr Motorrpie
is an upstanding citizen who will never shelter any blame
When it comes to raising forgotten children
he knows when it is time to take a needed bow
But put them in their place when you travel on the Good Ship Lollypop
but avoid a trip to the illustrious spot they call the Peppermint Bay
Because into bed you will soon hop and from there I can certainly tell you
that it will never stop

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

But if you wish upon a star you’ll find that dreams
sometimes really do come true
Waiting on Alfred Ellis to take you out of trouble
or anticipating the sagely words of the eminent Dr. Benjamin Spock
It all comes down to a little girl’s itch
and Bianca Lamblin’s storied details may be nothing for you to dismiss
So take a look at my apple
and please take hold of the reigns
Because I’m Jimmy Doogan
And you know everyone knows what Mr. Jimmy Doogan
can really do

So let’s stand up and say who is the greatest one of all
I know, you know and everyone knows
It is that handsome man who stands up tall
So what do you think of this my dear Mr. Cromwell?
Of course I think your chances are really great

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Oh me oh my
I have chocolate in my mouth
and I must admit I have some ketchup on my face
But I know it is not time to make a mess
So whatever you do keep it clean
and do whatever you can to avoid
becoming gray
I say hidey hidey ho
Hidey hidey hey
When Alpha Centauri is near Jupiter
It is time for you to be left astray

But remember my dear daddy
There are always animal crackers in my soup

By Gerald Marchewka
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