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Now I know a little ditty it's as crazy as can be
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The guy who wrote it said he wanted it and handed it to me
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I found I couldn't use it because it sounded blue
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And that's the very reason why I'm handing it to you


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It's a song the alligators sing while coming through the rye
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As they serenade the elephants up in the trees so high
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The iceman hums this ditty as he shovels in the coal
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And the monkeys join the chorus up around the northern pole


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Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
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This is the way we pass the time away
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Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
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We're going to sing this song all night today

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It was midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight
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And the sun was shining brightly for it rained all day that night
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Twas a summer night in winter and the rain was snowing fast
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And a barefoot boy with shoes on stood a-sitting in the grass

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It was evening and the rising sun was setting in the west
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The little fishes in the trees were huddled in their nests
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The rain was pouring down and the moon was shining bright
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And everything that you could see was hidden out of sight


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While the organ peeled potatoes lard was rendered by the choir
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The sexton rung the dishrag someone set the church on fire
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Holy smoke The preacher shouted in the rain he lost his hair
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Now his head resembles heaven for there is no parting there

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The cows were making cowslips and the bells were ringing wet
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And the bumblebees were making bums and smoking cigarettes
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And a man slept in a stable and came out a little hoarse
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So he hopped upon his golf sticks and drove all around the course

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Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
                                   D
This is the way we pass the time away
D                        A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
                                           D
We're goin' to sing this song all night today

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It was midnight on the ocean not a horsecar was in sight
                                    D
As I stepped into the drugstore to get myself a light
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The man behind the counter was a woman old and gray
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Who used to peddle shoestrings on the road to Mandalay

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Good evening sir the woman said and her eyes were bright with tears
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As she put her head beneath her feet and stood that way for years
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Her children six were orphans except one tiny tot
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Who lived in a house across the street above a vacant lot

D                        A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
                                        D
But this is the way we pass the time away
D                        A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
                                           D
We're going to sing this song all night today