Turning Turtle

Turning turtle? What exactly does that mean?

It means my whole world goes flippity flop

Like a turtle on its back

And I don't know my up from my down

My east from my west

My topsy from my bottomsy

If you ring with something broken on a Thursday

I'll make new with my glue, pins, and thread

What you bring, when I've awoken, on a Friday

I will mend and then spend the day in bed

Children, Satur, Sun, and Mondays are just everything is fun days

But in the second week, I wear a frown

For, I know that after Tuesday comes the Topsy get's bad news day

It's the dreaded second Wednesday, when from nine to noon, my life turns upside down

Fast is slow, low is high, stop is go and that is why

Every second Wednesday is a hurdle

From eight to nine, all is well, then I roll over on my shell

And all because the world is turning turtle

Day is night, dog is cat, black is white, thin is fat

That is why I'm loosening up my girdle

I cannot help this charming troop, don't mock me 'cause I'm in the soup

And why? Because the world is turning turtle

Oh, woe is me, I'm as opposite as I can be

I long for Thursdays when the world is drab

When will it cease? Now, my life resembles War and Peace

That Tolstoy certainly had the gift of gab, I couldn't get through it

Bottom's top, yin is yang, peace and quiet's sturm und drang

Tuesday nights, my blood begins to curdle

East is west, in is out and that is why I need to shout

Oh no! The world is turning turtle

Oh, if you had come some other morn', you wouldn't have found me so forlorn

But, since the day that I was born, second Wednesdays is on the fritz

I couldn't mend this to save my soul, if this keeps up, I'll dig a hole

You say life's a cherry bowl, but Wednesday's full of pits

Tell us, can you fix this drum?

Well, today is looking glum

Can you mend this crack and broken string?

Then, perhaps, if you all lend a hand

Our fingers are at your command

A broken song, but still can sing, let's do the turtle swing

Oh, woe is me, now I'm on my head, how can that be?

Well you say woe, but I say lucky you

Lucky me?

Yes, here on your head 'A' is far behind and led by Zed

It's good to get a different point of view

You see, when the world turns upside down, the best thing is to turn right along with it

I do see!

From down here, things look right side up!

I wouldn't mind seeing things from that angle

Sounds like fun!

Can we?

Very well, flippity flop

Near is far is, here is there, turtles turning everywhere

Things are getting clear, well, knock on wood, my dear

When you change the view from where you stood

The things you view will change for good

I never thought of things that way, she never thought of things that way

Now Wednesdays are my favorite day, now Wednesdays are our favorite day

'Cause that's the day I'm quite contrary, and now, thanks to cousin Mary

I have changed, to be exact, I love the fact that world is turning turtle

Turtle

Turtle