Talk To The Animals

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If I could talk to the animals,
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   just i-magine it, chatting with a
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Imagine talking to a tiger, 
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chatting with a cheetah, what a 
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neat achievement it would be!

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If we could talk to the animals,
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   learn all their languages, maybe 
take an animal de-gree
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I’d study elephant and eagle, 
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buffalo and beagle, alligator, 
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guinea pig, and flea

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I would con-verse in polar bear 
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and python, and I would curse 
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in fluent kanga-roo
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If people asked me, "Can you speak
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 rhi-noceros?" I’d say, "Of 
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courseros, can't you?"

[Verse 3]
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If I con-ferred with our furry 
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friends,   man to animal, think of 
the a-mazing repar-tee
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If I could walk with the animals, 
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talk with the animals
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Grunt and squeak and squawk with
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 the animals,   and they could 
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talk to me

[Verse 4]
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If I con-sulted with quadrupeds,
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     think what fun we'd have asking
 over crocodiles for tea!
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Or maybe lunch with two or three 
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lions, walruses and sea lions
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What a lovely place the world 
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would be!

[Verse 5]
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If I spoke slang to o-rangutans,
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     the ad-vantages, why any fool 
on earth could plainly see!
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Discussing Eastern art and dramas,
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 with intellectual llamas
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That's a big step forward you'll 
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a-gree!

[Chorus]
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I'd learn to speak in antelope and 
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turtle, and my Pekin-ese would 
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be extremely good
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If I were asked to sing in 
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hippo-potamus, I'd say 
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"why-notamus" and I would!

[Verse 6]
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If I could parlay with pachyderms,
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     it's a fairy tale worthy of 
Hans Anderson and Grimm
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A man who walks with the animals, 
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and talks with the animals
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Grunts and squeaks and squawks 
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with the animals,     and they 
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could talk to  him!

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[Chorus]
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I'd study every creature's 
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language, so I could speak to all 
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of them, on sight
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If friends said "can he talk in 
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crab or maybe pelican"
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You'd say "Like hell, he can" and 
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you'd be right!

[Verse 7]
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And if you just stop and think of 
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it,     ain't no doubt of it, I'm
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 gonna win a place in histo-ry
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If I could walk with the animals, 
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talk with the animals
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Grunt, squeak, squawk with the 
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animals
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     And  they  could 
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squeak...and...squawk...and...speak..and...talk to me!
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