There’s a Camel in My Bed

Verse 1:

I have a camel in my bed breathing slow beside my head

Sunlight spilling ’cross the sheets

It’s strangely beautiful

I don’t recall how we got here

But watching him just lying there

Feels sort of natural

Verse 2:

Maybe I’m dehydrated

Or the heat’s gone to my head

Maybe I should drink some water

Or go lie down instead

Maybe I left the front door ajar

He must have wandered pretty far

Since I live nowhere near

Where camels usually are

And while I stood there thinking through

How any of this could be true

This camel calmly chewed

Through every plant I ever grew

Pre-Chorus:

I know he knocked the lamp askew

And may have chewed a sock or two

But frankly he’s been very calm

Under the circumstances

Chorus:

And he’s breathing slow beside my head

There’s a camel in my bed, like I said

Two humps rising from the bed

I glance across the room and see

Him looking back at me

I named him Humphrey, as he licks the TV clean

Verse 3:

The other day I tried to ask him

Exactly why he’s here

But he just stared politely back

While sipping his root beer

That seemed to be the answer

So I thought I’d leave it be

Since Humphrey seems to be

A rather decent friend to me

Bridge:

And although he spit on my mattress

He politely ate the junk mail

He broke the bedroom ceiling fan

Then wagged his cute camel tail

Yodel Break:

Yodel-ay-hee-hoo

Yodel-ay-hee-hee

Yo-del-ay-hee-hee — HUMPH-rey!

Yodel-ay-hee-hoo

Yodel-ay-hee-hee

Yo-del-ay-hee-hee — HUMPH-rey!

Final Chorus:

And he’s breathing slow beside my head

There’s a camel in my bed, like I said

Two humps rising from the bed

The neighbors gather in the yard

They stare at me like something’s wrong

But Humphrey only lifts his head

As he nods along to my song

Outro:

I have a camel in my bed breathing slow beside my head

Sunlight spilling ’cross the sheets

And honestly if he wandered off

Humphrey might not visit again

So I’ll probably let him stay a while

I don’t want this friendship to end