[Verse 1]
Woah, if I could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chattin' with a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talkin' to a tiger, chattin' with a cheetah
What a neat achievement it would be

[Verse 2]
If we could talk to the animals and learn their languages
Maybe take an animal degree
I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig and flea

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I would converse in polar bear and python
I would curse in fluent kangaroo
If people asked me, "Can you speak Rhinoceros?"
I'd say, "Of courserous! Can't you?"

[Chorus 1]
If I conferred with our furry friends, man to animal
Think of the amazing repartee
If I could walk with the animals and talk with the animals
Grunt, squeak and squawk with the animals
And lord, they could talk to me

[Turnaround]
Yeah!
[Verse 3]
If I could talk to the animals
Think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions
What a lovely place the world would be

[Verse 4]
If I spoke slang to orangutan
Oh, the advantages, any fool on earth can plainly see
Discussing Eastern art and dramas with intellectual llamas
That's a big step forward, you'll agree

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
My Pekingese would be extremely good
If I were asked to sing in Hippopotamus
I'd say, "Why-not-amous?" And I would

[Chorus 2]
If you stop and think of it, there's no doubt of it
I could win a place in history
If I could walk with the animals and talk with the animals
Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals
And they could squeak and squawk
And speak and talk to me
[Outro]
They would talk to me
Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
The animals and me
Can't you see me with them?
Just walkin' like friends
Talkin' back and forth
Down the road we go
Me and the animals
Me and more animals
Me and all them animals...