And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart
 And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen
 She said: "Go back to sleep son, you're having a bad dream!"

 Silly child--
 Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
 Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
 Remember Chicken Little said the sky was falling down
 Well nothing ever came of that, the world still whirls around

 "The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class
 The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses
 But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hill
 If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!"

 Crazy boy--
 Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
 Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
 We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears
 You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years

 "The rock is gonna fall on us." He told the magistrates
 "I believe that we can stop it but the time is getting late
 You see I've done all the research my plans are all complete."
 He was showing them contingencies when they showed him to the street

 Just a madman--
 Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
 Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
 Everybody knows of those who say the end is near
 Everybody knows that life goes on as usual round here

 He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone
 They knew he was insane so they left him alone
 He'd given up enlisting help for there was no one else
 He spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himself
 One night while he was working building braces on the ledge
 The ground began to rumble the rock trembled on the edge

 "The rock is gonna fall on us! Run or you'll all be crushed!"
 And indeed the rock was moving, crumbling all to dust
 He ran under it with one last hope that he could add a prop
 And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop

 The people ran into the street but by then all was still
 The rock seemed where it always was or where it always will be
 When someone asked where he had gone they said: "Oh he was daft.
 Who cares about that crazy fool." And then they'd start to laugh

 But high up on the mountain
 When the wind is hitting it
 If you're watching very closely
 The rock slips a little bit