Lyrics

Let me tell you of an interview

With an Old Man Emu

He's got a beak and feathers and things

But the poor old fella ain't got no wings

Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tailed eagle?

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

While the eagle's flyin' 'round and 'round

I keep my two feet firmly on the ground

Now I can't fly but I'm tellin' you

I can run the pants off a kangaroo

Ba-da-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do

He can't fly but I'm tellin' you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well, he was the model for the fifty cents

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

The designer should have had more sense

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Take a look, it'll prove to you

I ran the pants off that kangaroo

Ba-da-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do

Take a look, it'll prove to you

He ran the pants off the kangaroo

You can't loop the loop like a cockatoo

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Swoop and toss like an albatross

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

You silly galah, I'm better by far

Than a white cockatoo or a budgerigar

They squeak and squawk and try and talk

Why me and them's like cheese and chalk

Ba-da-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do

He can't fly but I'm tellin' you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well, the dingo came around one day

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Hi, there Emu, you wanna play?

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

But the Emu was too smart for him

Walked right up and kicked him in the shin

Ba-da-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do

He can't fly but I'm tellin' you

He can run the pants off a dingo, too

(Oh yeah, but he had to kick me in the shin first)

Well, the last time I saw Old Man Emu

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

He was chasing a female he knew

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

As he shot past, I heard him say

She can't fly but I'm tellin' you

She can run the pants off a kangaroo

Ba-da-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do

She can't fly but I'm tellin' you

She can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well, there is a moral to this ditty

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Thrush can sing but he ain't pretty

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Duck can swim but he can't sing

Nor can the eagle on the wing

Emu can't fly but I'm tellin' you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well the Kookaburra laughed and he said it's true

Om-ba-da-lip-ba-da-da

Ha-ha-ha, ha, he can run the pants off a kangaroo

Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh, ha-ha-ha-ha

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Old Man Emu Lyrics by John Williamson | JamTap