The Morning Report

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Performed by Geoff Hoyle, Samuel E. Wright, and Scott Irby-Ranniar


Zazu
It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm
To fill him in on all the beastly news

Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!

In order that his Majesty stands sturydy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views

Zazu! The morning report!
Yes, Sire. The morning report.

Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interests in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No, thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

What are you doing, son?
Pouncing.
Let an old pro show you how it's done.

The buffalo have got a beef about this season's grass
(Stay low to the ground)
Warthogs have been thrarted in attempts to save their gas
(Yeah, stay low!)
Flamingos in the pink and chasing secretary birds
(Shhh... not a sound)
Saffron is this season's color seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file to near the bottom rung
(Take it slow, one more step)
Far too many beetles are quite frankly in the dung
(Then pounce!)
Aaawk!
Ha!

Simba
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

All
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report