Elephant Parade - Intellectual

[Intro]

(Hey!) Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da (Oh, woah, oh)

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da (Oh, woah, oh)

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da

(Hip, hip hooray for the elephants on parade)

(Hey!) Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da (Oh, woah, oh)

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da (Oh, woah, oh)

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da

(Hip, hip hooray for the elephants on parade)

[Verse 1]

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

Air 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 though limitedly

[Chorus]

Jackrabbit, snake pit runnin', oh

My, my, been a long time comin' home

Jackrabbit dying deep down in his soul

Dag-nabbit, you hate me, but hey now

Hip, hip hooray with your baritones on your–

Hip, hip hooray for the elephants on parade

[Verse 2]

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, it's 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

[Chorus]

(Hey!) Jackrabbit, snake pit runnin', oh (Oh, woah, oh)

My, my, been a long time comin' home (Oh, woah, oh)

Jackrabbit dying deep down in his soul

(Hey!) Dag-nabbit, you hate me, but hey now (Oh, woah, oh)

Hip, hip hooray with your baritones on your– (Oh, woah, oh)

Hip, hip hooray for the elephants on parade

[Bridge]

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"

Simple defragmentation gets us to the point at last

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

Touché, but they had the wherewithal to 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

Air 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 though limitedly

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

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

I will ever change and never cease to be amazed

Air 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 though limitedly

[Outro]

Jackrabbits, snake pit runnin', oh

My, my been a long time coming

Jackrabbits, snake pit running

Hip, hip hooray for the elephants on parade