A Tiger and a Monkey and Me

Look what followed me home, home from the zoo
It’s a great big tiger and a monkey, too.
They’re the best of friends, friends since they were babies long ago.
Hey look what followed me home, they look hungry can I feed ‘em?
They’re so cute. I wonder can I keep ‘em?
We’ll be the best of friends, a tiger and a monkey and me.
Swinging through the trees, happy as can be,
Or riding on a tiger, no one will mess with me.
We’ll be the best of friends, a tiger and a monkey and me.
The tiger says they named him Elvis ‘cause he was always kind of chunky
He used to run with cool cats, but now he prefers the monkey.
They’re the best of friends, friends since they were babies long ago.
And the monkey says hoo-hoo-hee-ha-ha, but what he really means to say
Is he’s very glad to meet you. Can you come out and play?
Don’t be afraid, it’s just a tiger and a monkey and me.
Swinging through the trees, happy as can be,
Or riding on a tiger, no one will mess with me.
We’ll be the best of friends, a tiger and a monkey and me.
Elvis can sleep by the fireplace,
He looks like a rug lying on the floor.
The monkey wants to hang out on the coat rack,
So he can climb on my back when I walk out the door.
Now look what followed me home, home from the zoo
It’s a great big tiger and a monkey, too.
They’re the best of friends, friends since they were babies long ago.
We’ll need a hundred pounds of cat food, bananas by the dozen.
When my Daddy saw the monkey he thought it was my cousin.
That’d make Dad a monkey’s uncle. A tiger and a monkey and me.
Swinging through the trees, happy as can be,
Or riding on a tiger, no one will mess with me.
We’ll be the best of friends, a tiger and a monkey and me.