See The Elephant letra

I saw Pete and Johnny too
Dressed up in their Sunday suits
Getting themselves all up to go
Down to Richmond to the traveling show
I fixed the gate like you told me to
Done my chores like I always do
And I won't tell mama you let me go
Down to Richmond to the traveling show

Please Papa can I go
Down to Richmond to the traveling show
Please Papa don't you say I can't
I just want to see the elephant

I'll borrow the truck from uncle Phil
You know I can drive it well
He won't need it now that the hay's all in
Just let me go and see the elephant

Sister she can't go with me
This is not for her to see
Little brother you'll get your chance
To go down and see the elephant

Little brother you'll get your chance
To go down and see the elephant


They're looking for a few good men
Could be war by summer's end
Sure would hate it if I went
And never got to see the elephant

I saw Pete and Johnny too
Dressed up in their Navy Blues
Gettin' themselves all up to go
Down to Richmond to the traveling show

James McMurtry - Letras

• 12 O'Clock Whistle
• 60 Acres
• Bad Enough
• Bayou Tortous
• Broken Bed
• Charlemagne's Home Town
• Childish Things
• Choctaw Bingo
• Every Little Bit Counts
• Fast As I Can
• Fraulein O.
• Freeway View
• Hurricane Party
• I'm Not From Here
• It's a Small Town (Talking At The Texaco)
• Just Us Kids
• Levelland
• Lights of Cheyenne
• Memorial Day
• No More Buffalo
• Ole Slew Foot
• Out Here in the Middle
• Paris
• Pocatello
• Rachel's Song
• Red Dress
• Restless
• Rex's
• Ruby And Carlos
• Ruins Of The Realm
• Saint Mary of the Woods
• See The Elephant
• Six-Year Drought
• The Old Part Of Town
• Tired Of Walking
• Too Long In The Wasteland
• Walk Between The Raindrops
• We Can't Make It Here
• Where'd You Hide The Body
• You'd A' Thought