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If I could talk to the animals, just i-magine it, chatting with a chimp in chimpan-zee
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Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah, what a neat achievement it would be!
[Verse 2]
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If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages, maybe take an animal de-gree
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I’d study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle, alligator, guinea pig, and flea
[Chorus]
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I would con-verse in polar bear and python, and I would curse in fluent kanga-roo
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If people asked me, "Can you speak rhi-noceros?" I’d say, "Of courseros, can't you?"
[Verse 3]
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If I con-ferred with our furry friends, man to animal, think of the a-mazing repar-tee
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If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
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Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, and they could talk to me
[Verse 4]
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If I con-sulted with quadrupeds, think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea!
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Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions
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What a lovely place the world would be!
[Verse 5]
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If I spoke slang to o-rangutans, the ad-vantages, why any fool on earth could plainly see!
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Discussing Eastern art and dramas, with intellectual llamas
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That's a big step forward you'll a-gree!
[Chorus]
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I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle, and my Pekin-ese would be extremely good
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If I were asked to sing in hippo-potamus, I'd say "why-notamus" and I would!
[Verse 6]
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If I could parlay with pachyderms, it's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and Grimm
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A man who walks with the animals, and talks with the animals
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Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals, and they could talk to him!
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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I'd study every creature's language, so I could speak to all of them, on sight
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If friends said "can he talk in crab or maybe pelican"
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You'd say "Like hell, he can" and you'd be right!
[Verse 7]
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And if you just stop and think of it, ain't no doubt of it, I'm gonna win a place in histo-ry
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If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
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Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals
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And they could squeak...and...squawk...and...speak..and...talk to me!
