Dead Fish Don’t Swim

Rolled down the riverbank rolled into the river
Water calm twist and quiver
Water cold wiggle and weave
Can’t remember when I moved so clean
Chasing the rhythm of the river downstream

Pack em in squeeze em In tail to tail fin to fin
Head to head eye to eye
Twenty things a flying fish can do in a fish tank
One of them ain’t fly! One of them ain’t fly
Ever stopped to ask yourself why?
Never seen a flying fish fly by oh my!

The things that dead fish don’t do
Are more than the things that dead fish do
The things that dead fish do are only one or two
Dead fish don’t go dancing
Dead fish don’t shake a fin
But the thing that dead fish don’t do most is
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim!

Never heard a dead dog bark
Never heard a peep from a dead skylark
Rin tin tin what happened to him
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim

Never seen a penguin on the wing
Listened for telephones never ring
Don’t you think romance is a lovely thing
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim

In and out and up and down
Plenty of chocolate to go round
Open your mouth and pop one in
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim

You can take a bubble bath you can change your clothes
Always be something lingering with a dead fish up your nose
Better to try and get it out same way that it went in
Don’t you ask for the fish’s help cause
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim!

Fish look great when they’re swimming around
Blowing pretty bubbles with a popping sound
Dead fish don’t look so great
With chips and peas on a willow pattern plate
Without a river to swim around in
Dead fish don’t swim
Oh no! Dead fish don’t swim!