Yertle The Turtle

Red Hot Chili Peppers

   On a far away island 
   Of Salamasond 
   Yertle the turtle 
   Was king of the pond 
   A nice little pond 
   It was clean it was neat 
   The water was warm 
   There was plenty to eat 
   Until one day 
   The king of them all 
   Decided the kingdom 
   He ruled was too small 
   I'm a ruler of all that I see 
   But I don't see enough 
   And that's the trouble with me 
   
   With this stone for a throne 
   I am too low down 
   I cannot look down 
   Upon the places beyond 
   So Yertle the turtle king 
   Lifted his hand 
   And Yertle the turtle king 
   Lifted his hand 
   He ordered all the turtles 
   Onto one another's back 
   He piled them high 
   Into a ten turtle stack 
   I'm Yertle the turtle 
   The things I now rule 
   I'm king of a cow 
   I'm king of a mule 
   
   Then down from below 
   In the great turtle stack 
   Came a burp from a plain 
   Little turtle named Mack 
   Just part of the throne 
   This burpin' little turtle 
   Looked up and said "I beg 
   Your pardon king Yertle" 
   I've pains in my back 
   My shoulders and my knees 
   How