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He didn't want a common pet |
He didn’t want a common pet Not just a dog or cat He wouldn’t have just anything He wasn’t built like that He thought about it long and hard If he could have his wish You know it shouldn’t be so tame Like a tank with pretty fish He wasn’t into snakes at all They weren’t on his list And rats and bugs of any kind Were pets he could resist No, no, he wanted something odd Something that folks would say “Hey, there’s a different animal You don’t see every day” There was a store not far away With pets of every kind He stopped in there to take a look And see what he could find But nothing there jumped out at him No, nothing caught his eye He left the store dejectedly And let out a big sigh He’d have to go on with his search He wouldn’t give up now Even if it took all year He’d find his pet somehow He checked the classifieds one day Perused them with a glance He wasn’t really looking hard He spotted it by chance It seems there was a zoo nearby That thought that it might fail To raise some cash to stay afloat There was a big tent sale Some animals were offered up Yeah, you could bring them home You could have a little zoo All for your very own Imagine walking down the street With a rhinoceros Or maybe you could saddle up A hippopotamus While those big beasts could be a blast They might just cause a fuss So he thought that he would settle for A duck-billed platypus So now he strolls about the town He walks his new pet Bill You’ve never seen a sight like that I doubt you ever will |