[Intro]
Ornithorhynchus anatinus - platypus

[Verse 1]
Sleeping geology on the isolated shore
For millions of years
Experimental continent on purpose or accident?
Mysterious evolving, problem solving
A vaudeville? A nation including one superior creation
A vertebra? Inverted, quite unheard of

[Verse 2]
Orphan in a family and a sole survivor
And he's a living fossil
Reptilian? Mammalian
He's a bird-beaked, beaver-butt Australian
Amphibious? Paradox wearing plaid socks
A furry beetle? A bugbear, and a paleozoologist's nightmare
Symmetrical physique of disbelief

[Instrumental Break 2:27 - 3:36]

[Bridge]
The platypus has the brain of a dolphin
And can be seen driving a forklift in his habitat of kelp
He is the larva of the flatworm
And has the ability to regenerate after injury
No relation to the flounder
Someone shipped him to the blokes
Who said he was a hoax
So they cut him to pieces, wrote a thesis
A cranium of deceit, he's prone to lie and cheat;
It's no wonder a blunder from down under
[Break]
Duckbill, watermole, duckmole!

[Outro]
Hehehehehe Barnacle