Hap Palmer - Percival the Parrot lyrics

Percival, the Parrot was playing
Hide and seek
Squawking in the jungle, talking in a tree
"Find my colored feathers see
My curving beak!"
From somewhere in the leaves he
Teased and said to me
"Look front, back, side, side, up
Down woah - then circle all around!"
I was looking hard but still I could not see
"Look a little faster
" is what he said to me!
"Look Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around!"
Laughing with a shriek he
Grew a little bolder
"Try it once again and do
It with your shoulder!"
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around!
"You make me laugh
" he said "From this branch I fear I'll slip!
Still I'd like to see you
Try it with your hips!"
Look front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around!
He laughed so hard he shook
Then slipped and tumbled down
Forgot to flap his wings and
Landed on the ground
When I picked him up and
Smoothed his ruffled feathers
Cheerfully he chirped
"Let's do it all together"
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around
Front, back, side, side, up
Down and circle all around!