ME AND THE ELEPHANTS    -       Bobby Goldsboro


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I re -     mem

              
ber one day we

           
 had       not

                                   
hin to do
            
    So we went

              
 down to the  

             -                                   
   city zoo 
           
    Just to ki

           
ll an       ho

                                                  
ur or two
            
    Out in the

             
 good sun -   

                                                
  shine
             
But we     had

              
 so much fun w

           
e were       g

              
lad that we ca

                     
me
            
We     feed al

              
l the animals 

             
and    gave ea

                                   
ch a name 
           
We      didn’ 

              
even mind when

           
 it      start

                                    
ed to rain
            
    We had a r

             
eal good     t

     (                                           
ime 


             
But     now th

              
at it’s over a

           
nd       you’r

                                   
e far away
            
    I miss you

             
 more with    

              
 each passing 

     -                              
day
           
    All my fri

              
ends sympa -  

           
    thize and 

                                    
say
            
    You’ll for

             
get in     tim

            
e, yes you    

                                     
 will, 
           
    Give yours

            
elf a     litt

                                                   
le     time.
             
But it’s     a

              
lready been we

            
ll     over a 

                                  
year
             
And     just i

              
n case you’re 

              
interested you

             
    might like

                    
 to     hear
           
How       ever

              
ybody’s doin  

             
  down at the 

                                     
city     zoo, 
            
Without      y

                                                           
ou


Chorus:
             
Well the     m

              
onkeys forgot 

                                            
you,
            
The     Hippo 

                                                          
forgot you 
             
And     so did

            
 the     Kanga

          /                                        
 -     roo 
             
But     me and

              
 the Elephants

             
     we still 

            
remem -      b

                      
er 
         
    You 

-  -  

-             

              

              

              

        
             
   Me and the 

             
Elephants    w

              
e’ll never for

                                 
get     you 

           
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So I     wrote

              
 to Ann Lander

           
s and      Dea

                                   
r Abbey too
            
And     asked 

              
their advice a

             
s to    what I

                                  
 should do 
           
They      said

              
 everything th

           
at re -      m

                                    
inds me of you
            
    Would all 

                                                             
have to    go


             
So I     burne

              
d all your pic

           
tures ex -    

              
 cept two or t

                    
hree
            
The     one by

              
 my bed and on

                                                
e    on my TV 
           
And the     on

              
e that I alway

           
s      carry w

            
ith me,     ve

             
ry where I    

               
go

             
And to -     d

              
ay was so nice

            
 and since    

                                  
 I was in town
             
I    thought I

              
’d take the op

             
portuni -    t

            
y to go     do

                     
wn
           
And      see h

              
ow everyone is

             
    down at th

             
e     city zoo

                        
 
            
And what’s    

                                                           
 new


Chorus:
             
Well the    mo

              
nkeys forgot y

                                            
ou
            
The     Hippo 

                                                           
forgot you 
             
And    so did 

            
the     Kanga 

          /                                         
-     roo 
             
But    me and 

              
the Elephants 

             
   we still re

            
mem -      ber

                      
 
        -
    You 

  -  -

              

              

              

              

        
             
    Me and the

             
 Elephants    

              
 we’ll never f

                                 
orget    you 


           
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