Pet Elephant

Pet Elephant - The Traditionist

There's an elephant on my shoulder

There's a monkey on my back

And if something were to ever come between them

The floorboards would crack

And send shivers to the ceiling

Echoes through the walls

Up and gone and lost forever

Like a teardrop just before it falls

Now if it's high time to get going

If it's high time to move

All our friends will come and let us know it

Like the moment could not be too soon

We'll make time like its fiction

We'll pretend that what is written must well have been

We'll raise the restrictions

And find a way for all the instruments to blend

We'll take flight and take turns

Tell stories and weave them with a spin

And the ocean will come and spit her wisdom

As she's an outsider and she's looking in

Her wind will blow through in stereo

And we'll know just why we're here

We'll know why we're here

We'll know we'll know why

But you were nowhere near

Why oh why oh well

Oh what are you looking for

Who are you looking for

And why are you looking

Oh what are you looking for

Who are you looking for

And why are you looking

Cause in an instant it all could come back to make sense

Pour the truth out all around to avoid tomorrow's regret

For a broken heart in half is certain to spill

Like the burn of orange red and black ash on a white cigarette

And still there's a lot sh*t on my table

There's a target on my soul

And if I ever get to break it up between them

My loneliness is sure to show

And with the wind it will blow

Through in stereo

And we'll know just why we were here

We'll know why we're here

We'll know

We'll know

Why but you were nowhere near

Why oh why oh well

Why oh why oh well

Why oh why oh well