A Rattlesnake In the Basement

There’s an elephant in the kitchen
We pretend he isn’t there
He cries about the basement,
says a rattlesnake lives down there
Wanted, dead or alive, he cries
that snake really must go
The elephant in the kitchen
doesn’t have a soul

The rattlesnake in the basement
more rattle than he is bite,
whines about the kitchen
says the elephant isn’t right
Open your foolish eyes, he cries
that elephant has to go
the rattlesnake in the basement
doesn’t have a soul

There’s an army on the staircase
anxious to drop their bomb
to hell with right or wrong
they kill children, dad, and mom
We cleaned out the basement, they cried
snaked him out of his hole
The army on the staircase
doesn’t have a soul