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please listen... http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart

How Can I Hide An Elephant
© words and music by Michael LeBlanc/C. Stewart (Feb. 17, 2014 )

How can I hide an elephant
I sure would like to know
I'd like to keep him as my pet
I don't want to let him go

I'd dress him in an afghan
Like a couch with a lot of funk
His ears could be a ceiling fan
He'd blow jazz from his trunk

How can I hide an elephant
I stole from the city zoo
I'll supply the food and rent
And love from you know who


I'd put him in out the backyard
He'd like my little pool
Surround him with banana trees
To let him know I'm cool

How can I hide an elephant
Old coveralls won't do
I just hope he's celibate
Cause I can not hide two

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Michael and Calvin--

You hide him in the barn behind the hay bales--Get GEICO to do an Insurance COMMERCIAL--you'all will be in the MONEY!

Funky out of the BOX song--

Good luck!

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Outstandin' Calvin!I never know what you're gonna do with a lyric but ya never seem to fail me.I'm diggin' the guitar and the melody rocks!Thanx for gettin' behind the packaderm with me!Mike

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I like it.
My favourite bit:
"Surround him with banana trees
To let him know I'm cool"
Vic

p.s. I hide mine in the spare room. Seems to work because no one ever sees them.


It's never too late? Yes it is, so do it now.

If, given time, a monkey can write the complete works of Shakespeare maybe there's hope for me.

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Hi Calvin and Michael,

This is way TOO CUTE...beginning to end! The image of trying to hide him in coveralls made me laugh out loud! One would hope their old coveralls wouldn't even BEGIN to fit -- LOL!

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Thanks Mackie,

Funky is Mike's middle name.


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thanx for the listen Mackie!funky-bonze

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you must have a smelly spare room Vic!Thanx!Mike

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Hi Mike,

Thanks for offering such a fun lyric, I appreciate it.

Calvin


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much appreciated Lisa!Mike

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thanx for accepting Calvin!Mike

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Hi Vic,

It's a spare
It's a spare
It's a spare

thank you for listening.

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Hi Lisa,

We appreciate you tuning in, thank you.

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once again, I can't play sound click files......but that lyric about hoping he's celibate made me laugh.

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M & C,

O M G. R O F L M A O. U 2 R 2 much.

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Calvin, I love it! Really well put together! Funny idea.

rob k

But don't hide him in the refrigerator. Why not?

How do you know there's an elephant in your refrigerator? You can see his footprints in the Jell-O!

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thanx Mac,that's my fav verse too,glad you enjoyed the read anyway!Mike

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hey hey,glad you enjoyed this one Floyd!Mike

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We thank ya Robk!that's a lot of jello!Mike

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hey guys, that's clever and fun, but also tender in its own way. I love it ;-) bravissimi !

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Hi Mac,

THANKS for trying to listen, I hope you're able to hear it one day soon.
Yes, Mike wrote a cool song !

Calvin


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Cool song smile

The simplicity of it, and the lyric really drew me into it, and the imagery created with the simpleness of it was very cool.

Enjoyed!


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Hello FLoyd,

We thank you for listening & the fun comments.
Mike is a good guy to work with.

Calvin


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Elephant/celibate. Very nice.

Why are the vocals so scary if the lyrics are so light? Is this supposed to be a contrast? Or is that just how Dr. Seuss sounds?

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Michael,

I want to know what the inspiration was for this Lyric? Love it. Nice job with the guitar work Calvin. Always fun to hear these collabs.

Dave

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thanx for spinnin' this Max!Mike

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I'm glad someone finally got it Fred!Thank ya,Mike

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we're used to Calvin now,he doesn't scare us anymore.Thanx for droppin' in JJ.Mike

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hey Dave,well the inspiration came from a cd i bought by Brother Dege called "How To Kill A Horse",so i wanted to do something about an animal and this came about.I could keep Calvin busy for quite a long time but i hold back as much as i can.Thanx for your ears Dave!Mike

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Way, way up on the hilarity scale. It's a real challenge to pick a favorite phrase but for me it comes down to a tie between:

His ears could be a ceiling fan
He'd blow jazz from his trunk

and.....

I just hope he's celibate
Cause I can not hide two

this is truly inspired silliness which calls instantly to mind the master of this genre Shel Silverstein, who as we all know was a damn fine songwriter in addition to being a successful poet. I can definitely feel Mike's influence in the lyric and I loved your vocal as well Calvin. Great job.


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Hello Rob,

Hey thanks for tuning in, we appreciate it.

Calvin


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really good fun Calvin and Mike.

I can't even envisage how you steal an elephant from a zoo.

Perhaps hide it in the trunk of your car..

Yep enjoyed it

God Bless Roy and Helen




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Hi Max,

THANKS A LOT.

The clever/fun was Mike, the tender part was me.

Calvin


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Hello Fred,

We sure appreciate you taking the time to listen, thank you & have a good day.

Calvin


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Hi Joe,

THANKS, sorry if I scared ya.

Calvin


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Hello Dave,

Well thanks a lot.

Calvin


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Hello Bobby,

We're silly as hell & proud of it too.

Thank you for your nice comments.

Calvin


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Hi Roy,

Thank you for listening.
I'm not sure how to do that either, Mike's in charge of all the underhanded behavior.
I'm way too straight laced/innocent to do anything bad.

Calvin


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we sure do appreciate your visit and kind words Bobby!I just picked up two of Shel's books at a yard sale the other day,i haven't read them yet but i think i will tomorrow now that you reminded me that i have them.Thanx.Mike

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So glad you enjoyed it Roy,thanx for the listen!Mike


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