The Alan Peters Orchestra And Chorus - The Morning Report

It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his role
To fill him in on all the beastly news

Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!

In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views

Zazu! The morning report!

Er - yes, Sire: the morning report!

Chimps are going ape
Giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember
Though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up
Fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg
But I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills
And the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be
Coming back from lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

What are you doing, son?

Pouncing...

Ah. Let an old pro show you how it's done

The buffalo have got a beef(Stay low)
Warthogs have been thwarted(To the ground)
In attempts to save their gas
Flamingoes in the pink
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season's color
Seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file(Take it slow)
To near the bottom rung(One more step)
Far too many beetles are(Then)
Quite frankly in the dung(POUNCE!)

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

Written by:
Elton John, Tim Rice

Publisher:
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company

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