The Morning Report

It's an honor and a privilege

A duty I perform

With due sense of decorum and with pride

With deference and great respect

Very much the norm

Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side

To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm

To fill him in on all the beastly news (Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it)

In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm

Aware of all the fauna's latest views huh huh (Zazu, the morning report)

Yes Sire, the morning report

Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all

Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall

Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks

Showed interest in my nest egg, but I quickly said, "No thanks"

We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch

Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch

This is the morning report

Gives you the long and the short

Every grunt, roar and snort

Not a tale I distort

On the morning report (What are you doing, son?)

(Pouncing)

(Let an old pro show you how it's done)

The buffalo have got a beef about this season's grass

(Stay low)

Warthogs have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas

(To the ground)

(Yes, stay low)

Flamingoes in the pink chasing secretary birds

(Not a sound)

Saffron is this season's color, seen in all the herds

(Take it slow)

Moving down the rank and file to near the bottom rung

(One more step)

Far too many beetles are quite frankly in the dung (And pounce)

This is the morning report

Gives you the long and the short

Every grunt, roar and snort

Not a tale I distort

On the morning report

This is the morning report

Gives you the long and the short

Every grunt, roar and snort

Not a tale I distort

On the morning report