Tubby At The Circus

(album: The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby The Tuba - 1995)

[Tubby (Tim Hauser):]
When the buds begin to pop
And the robin takes a hop
Everybody says, "It's spring today!"
I suppose that may be so
But I'd like for you to know
I can always tell it's spring another way
I can always tell it's spring
When the circus comes to town
It makes me want to sing
When I bump into a clown
When the circus marches past
And the band goes tan-ta-ra
I know it's spring at last
And my heart goes, "OOM-PAH!"

[Tubby's Idea (Cheryl Bentyne):]
Alley-oop, OOM-PAH
Alley-oop, OOM-PAH
An acrobat you ought to be
Alley-oop, OOM-PAH
Alley-oop, OOM-PAH
Hey Tubby! You'd be a sight to see

[Elephant (Alan Paul):]
Be yourself, you can't be anybody else
Be yourself is my advice to you
Or else you'll always be a nobody
So be yourself, or else
A hippopotamus
Would look very curious
Flying like a butterfly
A fierce and hungry lion
Would look silly trying
To bake an apple pie
I think you'd get a laugh
If you saw a tall giraffe
Swinging by his tail from a tree
I think an octopus
Would look quite ridiculous
Knitting sweaters at the bottom of the sea
So be yourself, and do the things that you know best
Be yourself, I think that you'd be happiest
By being no one else but you