Joshua Giraffe

My mommy doesn't lick me

Even when I'm sticky from“

Candy floss, candy apples, popcorn“

Soft drinks, jelly beans and gumdrops”

And there must be something better

Than living in this cage

But I'm really not too sure

Because I'm rather short of age

Joshua Giraffe was feeling kind of sad

Things were going bad

How little of life he had

Wasting away with no room to play

Trapped in a zoo with buffalo too

So he went next door to the elephant

And asked him what to do

I'm wasting away with no room to play”

I'm trapped in a zoo, with buffalo poo“

The elephant was very old and gray

And he had a huge balloon bottom

He said, Never fear Joshua

For a vision will appear“

That night a dream came to Joshua and

Joshua saw animals, like crazy monkeys

And a whole pile of Hippypotostropasuses

And flitty moths

frogs size twelve

And sleazy lizards

And a tribe of nasty saviars

But Joshua wasn't afraid

Because he sang himself this song

Nothing can go wrong-o, I'm in the Congo

But even in his dream he knew

He'd never get away, not even for a day

Then a peanut hit him on the nose

Joshua Giraffe was back in the zoo

What could he do

Awakened from his dream

He'd never be the same

Because of things he'd seen

He'd seen

Alligators, crocodiles, tree sloths

Anacondas, cobras and large winged moths

Orangutans, baboons eating grapes

Gibbons, rude mandrills and just plain apes

But Joshua was lucky

He had some special friends

And that day they went to the zoo

He was up tight so they waited till the night

And they chopped his cage in two

He discovered he could fly and

He soared into the sky with them

Wrapped around his neck

And they haven't come back yet

So if you see them get a net

That's right, they haven't come back yet

But when they do, they say they are going to free all the animals from their cages

No matter how new or modern

Even some pets, too

So if on your way home today

A baboon basking in the balcony

Or a lion licking a lemon in the lobby

Or a python perched in the pantry

A wildebeest in the W.C

With a turtle twirling in your tub

Don't be afraid, just say you're a friend of their friend

Joshua Giraffe, Joshua, Joshua

Joshua Giraffe was born in a zoo

He lived there, too, for two years

And a half he hasn't had a bath