Pink Elephants 1932

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Jul 2013
2013

Yesterday a trav'ling sales man
came into my house.
He was just as shaky
and as nervous as a mouse.
He said: "I was at a party,
we broke up at four;
when I woke up this morning,
this is what I saw:

Pink elephants on the table
Pink elephants on the chair,
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants ev'rywhere.
I hid my head
with in the bed
and said a prayer.
When I woke up again
what do you think was there?
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants on the wall,
a lavender alligator
was running around the hall.
Now I'm thro' making whoopee
I raised my hand and swore,
that I never intend
to ever see those
Pink elephants any more.

Pink elephants on the table
Pink elephants on the chair,
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants ev'rywhere.
I hid my head
with in the bed
and said a prayer.
When I woke up again
what do you think was there?
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants on the wall,
a lavender alligator
was running around the hall.
Now I'm thro' making whoopee
I raised my hand and swore,
that I never intend
to ever see those
Pink elephants any more.

Yesterday a trav'ling sales man
came into my house.
He was just as shaky
and as nervous as a mouse.
He said: "I was at a party,
we broke up at four;
when I woke up this morning,
this is what I saw:

Pink elephants on the table
Pink elephants on the chair,
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants ev'rywhere.
I hid my head
with in the bed
and said a prayer.
When I woke up again
what do you think was there?
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants on the wall,
a lavender alligator
was running around the hall.
Now I'm thro' making whoopee
I raised my hand and swore,
that I never intend
to ever see those
Pink elephants any more.

Pink elephants on the table
Pink elephants on the chair,
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants ev'rywhere.
I hid my head
with in the bed
and said a prayer.
When I woke up again
what do you think was there?
Pink elephants on the ceiling
Pink elephants on the wall,
a lavender alligator
was running around the hall.
Now I'm thro' making whoopee
I raised my hand and swore,
that I never intend
to ever see those
Pink elephants any more.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Pink Elephants 1932
by Mort Dixon & Harry Woods
© 1932 by Keit-Engel Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 26 July 2013 at 08.00
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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