Elephant (elephant)   Big and strong and gentle and intelligent (intelligent)   How could I feel blue   I've got my sister at my side   And an elephant-y ride      Elephant (elephant)   You're sad and in a cage   But that's irrelevant (irrelevant)   'Cause everyone gets jealous when they see me riding by   On a friend of such great size      Other kids have bikes   (That's true)   Or daddies pick them up from school   But that won't do for me, you understand (understand)      Other kids have horses   Other kids have dogs   Other kids have hamsters   Other kids have frogs      But the pet for me is something much more grand   And benevolent   And elegant   And, um      And I've got an   elephant, elephant   Riding on your back I'm in my element (element)   It's true and it's a fact that there's so much you can learn   When you're on a pakiderm      Oh, elephant (elephant)   My thoughts so bad swell of it   To give me such a friend   Oh, elephant (elephant)   I'm with you to the end   Elephant, elephant   I'm with you to the end      (Goodnight, elephant)