were you I'd build a time machine So you can go and find out where I've been I'm a sad giraffe but you never asked why Even laughing gas makes me cry Caterpillars, chatterboxes, costume parties Paradoxes, lion tamers, railway stations Hieroglyphi

If I were you I'd build a time machine So you can go and find out where I've been I'm a sad giraffe but you never asked why Even laughing gas makes me cry Caterpillars, chatterboxes, costume parties Paradoxes, lion tamers, railway stations Hieroglyphics, constellations Daffodils taught astronauts mathematics Barnum & Bailey kept elephants in their attics The least you could do is go and build a time machine It's time you go and find out where I've been Silver nitrate, x-ray glasses, tight-rope walkers Tap-dance classes, vacuum cleaners, birthday presents Geiger counters, phosphorescence Infinity's pretty measley after all Like a donkey doing cartwheels down the hall So hand out straightjackets on sinking ships Just quit calling me Miss Apocalypse I never meant to steal that Ferris wheel But you know flashing lights have a certain appeal And people going nowhere as happy as they can be Thought I'd take them home so they could live with me