Eating The Peach lyrics

I've eaten many strange and scrumptious dishes in my time,

Like jellied bugs and curried slugs and earwigs cooked in slime!

And mice with rice is very nice, when they're roasted in their prime

But don't forget to sprinkle them with just a pinch of grime!

I'm crazy 'bout mosquitoes on a piece of buttered toast

And pickled spines of porcupines

And then a great big roast

And dragon's flesh, quite old, not fresh

It costs a buck at most

- Does it come with gravy?

- It comes to you in barrels if you order it by post!

It comes to you in barrels if you order it by post!

For dinner on my birthday, shall I tell you what I chose?

Hot noodles made of poodles on a slice of garden hose!

And a rather smelly jelly made of armadillo's toes,

The jelly is delicious, but you have to hold your nose!

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach!

I crave the tasty tentacles of octopi for tea,

I like hot dogs, but I love hot frogs,

And surely you'll agree:

A plate of soil with engine oil's a super recipe (Recipe!)

I hardly need to mention that it's practically free!

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach!

We hardly need to mention that it's practically free!

Now comes, my fellow travelers, the burden of my speech

(You show off!)

These foods are rare beyond compare and some right out of reach

(Nice aim, commodore)

But there's no doubt I'd go without a million plates of each

(Out of my face!)

For one small mite

(One small mite)

One tiny bite

Tiny bite of this fantastic peach!

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach

Peach, peach, peach, peach!

This fantastic peach!

• Artist:James and the Giant Peach (OST)