Skin - Allan Sherman

You gotta have skin

All you really need is skin

Skin’s the thing that if you got it outside

It helps keep your insides in

It covers your nose

And it’s wrapped around your toes

And inside it you put lemon meringue

And outside ya hang your clothes

Skin is what ya feel at home in

And without it, furthermore

Both your liver and abdomen

Would keep falling on the floor

(And you’d be dressed in your intestine)

A Siamese twin

Needs an extra set of skin

When the doctor knows that you’re feeling sick

Where does he stick his needle in?

In the end of your skin

All your friends and all your kinfolks

Whether poor or whether rich

They have all got lots of skin, folks

It’s convenient when they itch

(Nothing can match it when ya scratch it)

It fits perfectly

Yours fits you, and mine fits me

When you’re sitting down, it folds and looks grand

And then when you stand, it’s where it’s been

Ain’t ya glad you’ve got skin!

When you were just a little baby, why your skin fit fine

And it still is gonna fit you when you’re six foot nine

So whether you’re fat, tall, big, small, chubby or thin

Ain’t ya glad you’ve got skin!