Effervescing Elephant Lyrics
| Song | Effervescing Elephant |
| Artist | Syd Barrett |
| Album | The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| An Effervescing Elephant | |
| With tiny eyes and great big trunk | |
| Once whispered to the tiny ear | |
| The ear of one inferior | |
| That by next June he'd die, oh yeah! | |
| Because the tiger would roam | |
| The little one said "Oh my goodness I must stay at home!†| |
| And every time I hear a growl | |
| I'll know the tiger's on the prowl | |
| And I'll be really safe, you know | |
| The elephant he told me so | |
| Everyone was nervy, oh yeah! | |
| And the message was spread | |
| To zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus | |
| Who wallowed in the mud and chewed | |
| His spicy hippo plankton food | |
| And tended to ignore the word | |
| Preferring to survey a herd | |
| Of stupid water bison, oh yeah! | |
| And all the jungle took fright | |
| And ran around for all the day and the night | |
| But all in vain, because, you see | |
| The tiger came and said "Who me?†| |
| You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you | |
| I'd much prefer something to chew | |
| And you're all too scant, oh yeah! | |
| He ate the Elephant |
| An Effervescing Elephant | |
| With tiny eyes and great big trunk | |
| Once whispered to the tiny ear | |
| The ear of one inferior | |
| That by next June he' d die, oh yeah! | |
| Because the tiger would roam | |
| The little one said " Oh my goodness I must stay at home! | |
| And every time I hear a growl | |
| I' ll know the tiger' s on the prowl | |
| And I' ll be really safe, you know | |
| The elephant he told me so | |
| Everyone was nervy, oh yeah! | |
| And the message was spread | |
| To zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus | |
| Who wallowed in the mud and chewed | |
| His spicy hippo plankton food | |
| And tended to ignore the word | |
| Preferring to survey a herd | |
| Of stupid water bison, oh yeah! | |
| And all the jungle took fright | |
| And ran around for all the day and the night | |
| But all in vain, because, you see | |
| The tiger came and said " Who me? | |
| You know, I wouldn' t hurt not one of you | |
| I' d much prefer something to chew | |
| And you' re all too scant, oh yeah! | |
| He ate the Elephant |
| An Effervescing Elephant | |
| With tiny eyes and great big trunk | |
| Once whispered to the tiny ear | |
| The ear of one inferior | |
| That by next June he' d die, oh yeah! | |
| Because the tiger would roam | |
| The little one said " Oh my goodness I must stay at home! | |
| And every time I hear a growl | |
| I' ll know the tiger' s on the prowl | |
| And I' ll be really safe, you know | |
| The elephant he told me so | |
| Everyone was nervy, oh yeah! | |
| And the message was spread | |
| To zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus | |
| Who wallowed in the mud and chewed | |
| His spicy hippo plankton food | |
| And tended to ignore the word | |
| Preferring to survey a herd | |
| Of stupid water bison, oh yeah! | |
| And all the jungle took fright | |
| And ran around for all the day and the night | |
| But all in vain, because, you see | |
| The tiger came and said " Who me? | |
| You know, I wouldn' t hurt not one of you | |
| I' d much prefer something to chew | |
| And you' re all too scant, oh yeah! | |
| He ate the Elephant |
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