Talk To The Animals Lyrics - Bobby Darin

If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it 

Chattin' with a chimp in chimpanzee 

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah 

What a neat achievement it would be 

If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages 

I could take an animal degree 

I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle 

Alligator, guinea pig, and flea 

I would converse in polar bear and python 

And I would curse in fluent kangaroo 

If people ask me, Can you speak rhinoceros? 

I'd say, Of course, can't you? 

If I conferred with our furry friends, man to animal 

Think of the amazing repartee 

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals 

Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals 

And they could talk to me 

If I consulted with quadrupeds 

Think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea 

Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions 

What a lovely place the world would be 

If I spoke slang to orangutans 

The advantages why any fool on earth could plainly see 

Discussing Eastern art and dramas with intellectual llamas 

That's a big step forward you'll agree 

I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle 

And my Pekingese would be extremely good 

If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus 

I'd say, Why not-a-mus and I would" 

If I could parlay with pachyderms 

It's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and Grimm 

A man who walks with the animals and talks with the animals 

Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals 

And they could talk to him 

Let me hear 'em talk 

I'd study every creature's language 

So I could speak to all of them on site 

If friends said, Can he talk in crab or maybe pelican? 

You'd say, I canny can't and you'd be right 

And if you just stop and think of it ain't no doubt of it 

I'm gonna win a place in history 

If I could walk with the animals talk with the animals 

Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals 

And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me