(Hip hip hooray for the elephants on parade)



Take the gist of it and twist it

'Til it makes you smile

And don't be scared if there's a snare

Sometimes it takes a while

There's much to learn from every turn inside a labyrinth

Don't you try to think about it

No way to talk about it



And I will ever change and never cease to be amazed

It bubbles up and overflows and then it goes away

I want to hold and nurture every second of this life

That has been given to me

Even the limits in me



Jackrabbit, snake pit runnin' oh

My my, been a long time comin' home

Jackrabbit dying deep down in his soul



Dang-nab-it, you hate me, but hey now

Hip-hip hooray with your baritones on your hip

Hip hooray for the elephants on parade



You're preaching to the chorus

Line alright for this whole time

And I'm fine if I can

Tell a lie about the minor crimes

I won't try to justify the reason why

I think that I'll never die is so preposterous



It's like a bag of circus peanuts in a sewage drain

Or airin' out your dirty laundry on a weather vane

Hip-hip hooray for the elephants on parade

They're gonna trample themselves

They're gonna trample themselves



Jackrabbit, snake pit runnin' oh

My my, been a long time comin' home

Jackrabbit dying deep down in his soul



Dang-nab-it, you hate me, but hey now

Hip-hip hooray with your baritones on your hip

Hip hooray for the elephants on parade



I got the feeling that I wanna be alone with you

And I got the feeling that you

Might want to be alone with me too

Take a finger and snap, just like that

And I had to say hey baby let's go

And make it home for our show

[?]... gets us to the point of that

But no relaxing 'til they give us all our memory back

Touché, [?]

Take it all out of order anyway

They can always make you pay up



And I will ever change and never cease to be amazed

It bubbles up and overflows and then it goes away

I want to hold and nurture every second of this life

That has been given to me

Even the limits in me

Like a bag of circus peanuts in a sewage drain

Or airin' out your dirty laundry on a weather vane



Hip-hip hooray for the elephants on parade

Hip hooray for the elephants on parade



Take the gist of it and twist it 'til it makes you smile

And don't be scared if there's a snare

Sometimes it takes a while

There's much to learn from every turn inside a labyrinth

Don't you try to think about it

Ain't no way to talk about it

And I will ever change and never cease to be amazed

It bubbles up and overflows and then it goes away

I want to hold and nurture every second of this life

That has been given to me, even the limits in me



Jackrabbits, snake pit runnin' oh

My my been a long time coming

Jackrabbits, snake pit running

Hip-hip Hooray for the elephants on parade