Didgeridoo Kangaroo

Verse 1:

I work the graveyard shift till dawn

So I sleep most afternoons

Or at least that was the plan

’Til the other day at two

Every day like clockwork I’m woken by this awful tone

It pulsates through my body… shakes every single bone

It’s low, loud and obnoxious

It rumbles through my room

The windows buzz, the dresser hums

The ceiling vibrates too

Something just outside my house

Will face my wrath real soon

Verse 2:

So half asleep and fairly mad

I stumbled out to view

Whatever awful racket

Had disturbed me from my snooze

I scanned the yard for speakers

A truck, some other clue

But standing there beside my fence

Was a kangaroo

I rubbed my eyes and looked again

To check if it was true

The marsupial stood there playing

A didgeridoo

Chorus:

I swear I must be losing screws

Or half stuck in a dream

Because out there beside my fence

Is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen

A kangaroo just standing there

Blowing that enormous tube

Every afternoon at two

On a bloody didgeridoo

Verse 3:

I stood there for a moment

Not quite sure what to do

I reckon that droning noise suggests

Some strange kangaroo taboo

Perhaps it’s some courtship ritual

That certain kangaroos do?

An unconventional mating call

Played on a didgeridoo?

Chorus:

I swear I must be losing screws

Or half stuck in a dream

Because out there beside my fence

Is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen

A kangaroo just standing there

Blowing that enormous tube

Every afternoon at two

On a bloody didgeridoo

Verse 4:

Well that was my conclusion

As I stood there in the yard

When something else hopped to the fence

And caught me off my guard

Another kangaroo appeared

Seems she must have heard it too

And clutched within her little paw

Was a tiny red kazoo

Bridge:

Before too long the yard filled up

With creatures from the zoo

A wallaby, a crocodile

And many others, too

They gathered ’round the kangaroos

All swaying to the groove

And I began to wonder if

It’s time for me to move

Final Chorus:

Now there’s a kangaroo with a didgeridoo

Another with a kazoo

And half the animal kingdom’s here

Like they’ve got nothing else to do

They play their strange little duet

Every afternoon at two

And somehow my yard’s become

This Outback concert venue

Outro:

So if you’re fond of wildlife

And gifted kangaroos

There’s a lovely little house for sale

With a pretty decent view

I’m packing up tomorrow

I think I’ve seen it all

You can profit from this wild band —

My realtor’s taking calls