The Ostrich-Flanders & Swann

[ti:The Ostrich] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:Animals] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ostrich - Flanders & Swann [00:04.49]Peek-a-Boo I can't see you [00:07.56]Everything must be grand [00:09.48] [00:10.29]Boo-ka-Pee they can't see me [00:13.00]As long as I've got me head in the sand [00:15.22] [00:15.78]Peek-a-Boo it may be true [00:18.23]There's something in what you've said [00:20.04] [00:20.68]But we've got enough troubles in everyday life [00:23.83]I just bury me head [00:25.51] [00:26.21]Oh Ostrich consider how the world we know [00:29.48]Is trembling on the brink [00:31.36] [00:31.88]Have you heard the news may I hear your views [00:35.01]Will you tell me what you think [00:36.89] [00:37.72]The Ostrich lifted its head from the sand [00:40.22] [00:40.88]About an inch or so [00:42.94] [00:43.68]You will please excuse but disturbing news [00:47.17]I have no wish to know [00:50.37]Oooh Peek-a-Boo I can't see you [00:54.36]Everything must be grand [00:56.31] [00:57.05]Boo-ka-Pee they can't see me [00:59.93]As long as I've got me head in the sand [01:02.91]Peek-a-Boo it may be true [01:05.32]There's something in what you've said [01:07.67]But we've got enough troubles in everyday life [01:10.17] [01:10.73]I just bury me head [01:12.42] [01:13.18]Then I noticed suddenly where we were [01:15.70] [01:16.26]I saw what time it was [01:17.80] [01:18.59]Make haste I said It'll be too late [01:20.99] [01:21.53]We must leave this place because [01:23.67] [01:24.52]He stuffed his wingtips into his ears [01:27.68]He would not hear me speak [01:29.68] [01:30.94]And back in the soft Saharan sand [01:34.56]He plunged his yellow beak [01:37.79] [01:38.71]Oooh Peek-a-Boo I can't see you [01:42.94]Everything must be grand [01:45.06] [01:45.75]Boo-ka-Pee they can't see me [01:48.68]As long as I've got me head in the sand [01:51.76]Peek-a-Boo it may be true [01:54.30]There's something in what you've said [01:56.19] [01:56.83]But we've got enough troubles in everyday life [01:59.35] [01:59.99]I just bury me [02:01.53](BOOM) [02:10.00] [02:13.53]From a sheltered oasis a mile away [02:17.09]I observed that dreadful scene [02:19.79] [02:20.66]And a single plume came floating down [02:24.34]Where my Ostrich friend had been [02:26.99] [02:27.63]Because he could not bear the sound [02:30.78] [02:31.29]Of these words I had left unsaid [02:34.17] [02:35.37]Here in this nuclear testing ground [02:39.03] [02:39.58]Is no place to bury your head