Effervescing Elephant-Syd Barrett

[ti:Effervescing Elephant] [ar:Syd Barrett] [al:Wouldn't You Miss Me?: The Best Of Syd Barrett] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett [00:28.83]An Effervescing Elephant [00:30.57]With tiny eyes and great big trunk [00:32.77]Once whispered to the tiny ear [00:34.55]The ear of one inferior [00:36.33]That by next June he'd die oh yeah [00:39.05]Because the tiger would roam [00:40.97]The little one said: Oh my goodness I must stay at home [00:44.41]And every time I hear a growl [00:46.36]I'll know the tiger's on the prowl [00:48.33]And I'll be really safe you know [00:50.24]The elephant he told me so [00:52.25]Everyone was nervy oh yeah [00:54.59]And the message was spread [00:56.51]To zebra mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus [00:59.62]Who wallowed in the mud and chewed [01:02.02]His spicy hippo-plankton food [01:04.09]And tended to ignore the word [01:06.02]Preferring to survey a herd [01:07.89]Of stupid water bison oh yeah [01:10.40]And all the jungle took fright [01:12.32]And ran around for all the day and the night [01:15.26]But all in vain because you see [01:17.34]The tiger came and said: Who me [01:19.33]You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you [01:21.65]I'd much prefer something to chew [01:23.53]And you're all too scant oh yeah [01:26.00]He ate the Elephant