Tubby At The Circus Lyrics - Manhattan Transfer

Tubby (Tim Hauser) 

When the buds begin to pop 

And the robin takes a hop 

Everybody says, "It's spring today!" 

I suppose that may be so, 

But I'd like for you to know 

I can always tell it's spring another way/ 

I can always tell it's spring 

When the circus comes to town; 

It makes me want to sing 

When I bump into a clown! 

When the circus marches past 

And the band goes tan-ta-ra 

I know it's spring at last, 

And my heart goes, "OOM-PAH!" 

Tubby's Idea (Cheryl Bentyne) 

Alley-oop, OOM-PAH, 

Alley-oop, OOM-PAH, 

An acrobat you ought to be, 

Alley-oop, OOM-PAH, 

Alley-oop, OOM-PAH, 

Hey Tubby! You'd be a sight to see! 

Elephant (Alan Paul) 

Be yourself, you can't be anybody else, 

Be yourself is my advice to you, 

Or else you'll always be a nobody, 

So be yourself, or else. 

A hippopotamus 

Would look very curious 

Flying like a butterfly; 

A fierce and hungry lion 

Would look silly tryin' 

To bake an apple pie. 

I think you'd get a laugh 

If you saw a tall giraffe 

Swinging by his tail from a tree; 

I think an octopus 

Would look quite ridiculous 

Knitting sweaters at the bottom of the sea. 

So be yourself, and do the things that you know best, 

Be yourself, I think that you'd be happiest 

By being no one else but you.