Elephant Song Lyrics

Tell me, said the elephant
"Tell me, brothers, if you can
Why all the world is full of creatures
Yet we grow in fear of man"

Tell me, said the elephant
"Tell me why this has to be
We have to run from man and hunter
Never safe and never free"

People kill without regret
Although they fly by Jumbojet
Let the word of man remember
Let the children not forget

Gentle is the elephant
Pulling loads and everything
We love to hear the children laughing
When we're in the circus-ring

Happy was the elephant
Happy was his jungle life
And then they came, the cruel hunters
With their rifle and their knives

People kill without regret
Although they fly by Jumbojet
Let the word of man remember
Let the children not forget

Listen, please, listen, said the elephant
"If we want the world we know, to stay alife
Then man and beast, we must work together
And together we will survive"

Listen, said the elephant
"It is conservation time
So take the warning when we trumpet
For the future of mankind"