If we could talk to the animals
Just imagine it, chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah
What a neat achievement it would be
If we spoke slang to orangutans
The advantages any fool on earth could plainly see
Discussing eastern art and dramas with intellectual llamas
That's a big step forward you'll agree
We'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
Our Pekinese would be extremely good
If we were asked to sing in hippopotamus
We'd say "Why not-amus? And would!"
We would converse in polar bear and python
And we would curse in fluent kangaroo
If people ask us, "Can you speak rhinoceros?"
We'd say, "Of courseros! Can't you?"
If we conferred with our furry friends
Man to animal, think of the amazing repartee
If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals
And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me
