Have you heard of the dance of the elephants?
I'm not privy myself but
there's a boy that I know whos seen it though
He swears that its real
Don't you ever wonder in the dark?
Its fierce and sad but how would you leave your mark?
As if Mastodon could do the Charleston
As if mammoth could prance
Like a Balinese trapeze
Its a wonderful sight on a starry night
It happened one night when we all slept and he crept out with his old pet he slinked away with an elephant through the brush and the wood and a good way they went
To a place where they danced
Have you heard of the dance of the elephants?
I hope I can see it someday
Theres something thrilling about a giant tilling
His feet through the ground
Toomai oh you're luckiest of all
I bet ou're mostly glad they didn't fall
But the sweetmeat seller
Lent him a tom-tom
A little drum beaten
with the flat of the hand
And he sat down
cross-legged
as the stars
began to come out
all alone
among the elephant fodder
what a great great honor
but there was no tune no words no thought just
and he thumped and he thumped
and he thumped and he thumped
and the more that he thumped
the more it made him happy