Stripes! I'm up to here with them Stripes! When all is said and done What's so very good about being black and white There's thousands of us in the herd who all look alike So, just for a laugh I'll pretend to be a giraffe Eating all the top leaves, who could blame Me for not wanting to be looking just the same As all the other zebras (although they're very nice) I'm simply bored to tears with my black and white Stripes! I'm up to here with them Stripes! When all is said and done What's so very good about being black and white There's thousands of us in the herd who all look alike There are such a lot of us I will be a hippopotamus Splashing in the water, what a smashing game I'm so fed up with looking just the same As all the other zebras (although they're very nice) I'm simply bored to tears with my black and white Stripes! I'm up to here with them Stripes! When all is said and done What's so very good about being black and white There's thousands of us in the herd who all look alike Maybe it's worth trying I'd stick some dry grass on and tried to look like a lion Til along came a real one and made me ashamed And now I don't mind looking just the same As all the other zebras who think I'm brave and nice Now you won't hear me complain again about my Stripes! In fact they're really rather nice! Though there's thousands of us and we all look alike Having black and white stripes is all right!