The Animals Are Behind Bars - Circus Contraption

The elephants have broken free

They’re down at the saloon

They’re trunks are filled with whiskey

As they snort a merry tune

They’re sitting on the bar stools

They’re having quite a fete

Even when they blackout

You know, they won’t forget

They’re rostering from the balcony

It suits them mighty fine

They use their long prehensile tongues

For opening the wine

They sing and dance and laugh all night

As you can plainly see

When they order drinks they say

The highballs are one me

A pride of lions are in the back

At cards and drinking gin

The kitty’s full of wildebeest

Some lucky cat will win

The Alpha male is in the john

And he’s tidying his mane

When he gets to partying

He’ll never be the same

The hippos are inebriate

With lampshades on their heads

They’ll grunt, they’ll sing, they’ll drive

Each tiger to their beds

Sometimes they never make it home

And they wake up on the floor

Hangover is why they make

That really nasty roar

The chimpanzees are swingers

And they’re always looking fat

Chatting up the other apes

And pinching their behinds

They swing from chandeliers, you know

Just fast as they can be

You might guess, they like to drink

Banana daiquiri

The camels hang out at the bar

They’re sipping heavy foam

Spitting on the sawdust floor

It makes them feel at home

They tip their glass till they can’t walk

And barely even speak

Before they plug into their humps

To get them through the week

The animals are behind the bar

They’re there most every night

They’re drinking and carousing

Till they get nice and tight

And when they drink a bit too much

I’ve heard that it’s been said

The room starts spinning 'round

They see pink humans in their heads

The circus animals are fine

They’re happy as can be

When left alone they tip one back

Tith the menagerie

Inside the beastly tavern

And they’re having a good time

Drink two for Jack, the day time job

Before they drink too many times

One, two, three, four!