slam etc.

Did you ever see a tiger
In a green and yellow hotrod
just a crusin' down the highway
in the middle of July?
You say you never, ever saw one
Not in August or September?
(Well to be perfectly honest,
Neither did I.)

Did you ever eat balogne
On a cheese and jelly sandwich
With a lot of juicy pickles
Baked inside a rhubarb pie?
You say you haven't ever tried it?
Not for breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
(Well to be perfectly honest,
Neither have I)

Did you ever do your homework
With the book turned upside down
And the answers came out right
And you wondered why?
If you've ever, ever done it,
Then you know it couldn't happen.
And I know you'd get a zero.
(Once I tried.)

Did you ever write a poem
In a bathtub full of water
As the shower washed the ink
Down on your toes?
(Well that's how I wrote this one
And the water smeared the ending.
And I really can't remember
how it goes.)

(1974)