The Chameleon-Flanders & Swann

[ti:The Chameleon] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:Animals] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Chameleon (变色龙) - Flanders & Swann [00:00.21]Consider the Chameleon he colours himself and his opinions [00:05.10]By the company he's in [00:06.39] [00:07.23]In Belfast he's an Orangeman the shade is quite ephemeral [00:10.98]Directly he moves south it fades In Dublin look [00:13.59] [00:14.31]He's emerald [00:14.86] [00:15.74]In church on Sunday he turns gold and sings the [00:19.53]Love thy neighbour hymn [00:21.37]Monday he's black and buys a stick [00:23.52]The better to belabour him [00:25.19]He says All men are equal when in Trinidad or Malibar [00:28.72]But in his green in Paddington he shouts [00:31.03]We'll keep the colour bar [00:32.46] [00:32.98]This parti-coloured fellow you'll find that underneath is yellow [00:36.85] [00:37.72]With Tories blue with reds vermilion and chequered [00:41.20] [00:41.86]When he meets MacMillian [00:42.79] [00:43.57]That's the Chameleon If that Chameleon were me [00:47.86]I'd be ashamed to sham [00:49.32] [00:49.91]Each night all white between the sheets I'd wonder [00:52.98]Who I am