Video Talk To The Animals de Ahmet Ertegun 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Ahmet Ertegun - Talk To The Animals Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chatting with a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talkin' to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah
What a neat achievement it would be!

[Verse 2]
If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages
Maybe take an animal degree
I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea!

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I would converse in polar bear and python
And I would curse in fluent kangaroo
If people asked me, "Can you speak rhinoceros?"
I'd say, "Of courserous! Can't you?"

[Chorus 1]
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!

[Verse 3]
If I consulted with quadrupeds
Think what fun we'd have askin' over crocodiles for tea!
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions
What a lovely place the world would be!
[Verse 4]
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!

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
And my Pekinese would be extremely good
If I were asked to sing in Hippopotamus
I'd say, "Why-not-amous?" And I would!

[Chorus 2]
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!")

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus 3]
I'd study every creature's language
So I could speak to all of them on sight
If friends said, "Can he talk in crab or maybe pelican?"
You'd say, "Like hell he can!" And you'd be right!
[Chorus 3]
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!