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PLEASE DON’T BRING AN ELEPHANT HOME
©Gary Bowman (2008)

Please, Don’t Bring an Elephant Home,
Is my request of you
Though you feel the need, They’re hard to feed; 
Please, leave ‘em at the zoo.
Or better, in the jungle, Where he has room to roam
So, heed my pleas, on bended knees,
Don’t Bring an Elephant Home!

Please, Don’t bring a chimp in here,
‘Though she’s your new best friend,
Don’t you see, she needs a tree, On this you can depend.
You know that she’ll be swinging, From our chandelier,
So, heed my pleas, on bended knees,
Don’t bring a chimp in here!

Please, Don’t bring a tiger home, You’re silly if you do,
Though he’s a sight, His appetite,
Just might include you!
Just leave him in the jungle, Where he has room to roam,
So, heed my pleas, on bended knees,
Don’t bring a tiger home!

Please, don’t bring a hippo home,
Don’t squeeze him through the door,
Though we’re sure to laugh, When he takes a bath, Consider one thing more –
How are you going to sleep at night,
When he starts to snore?
So, heed my pleas, on bended knees,
Don’t bring ‘em through that door!

So, when you see a critter,
Don’t bring him home with you.
Though it’s quaint, Use some restraint,
It’s what you gotta do.
He’s got a home and family, and he has room to roam, 
I ask you, child, Keep ‘em in the wild,
Don’t bring them critters home!
I ask you, child, Keep ‘em in the wild,
Don’t bring them critters home!