Turning Turtle

Turning turtle? What exactly does that mean?

It means my whole world goes flippity flop like a turtle on its back.

And I don't know my up from my down, my east from my west,

My topsy from my bottomsy

If you bring something broken on a Thursday

I'll make new, with my glue, pins and thread

But you bring whatever broken on a Friday

I will mend and then spend the day in bed

Children, Saturn, Sun and Mondays are just everything is fun days

But in the second week, I wear a frown

For, I know that after Tuesday comes the Topsy get's bad news day

It's the dreaded second Wednesday

When from 9 to noon, my life turns upside down

If fast is slow, low is high, stop is go and that is why

Every second Wednesday is a hurdle

From 8 to 9, all is well

Then I roll over on my shell

And all because the world is turning turtle

Day is night, dog is cat, black is white, thin is fat

That is why I'm loosening up my girdle

I cannot help this charming troop

Don't lock me, 'cause I'm in this soup

And why? Because the world is turning turtle

Oh, woe is me, I'm as opposite as I can be

I long for Thursdays when the world is drab

When will it cease? Now my life resembles War and Peace

That Tolstoy certainly had the gift of gab, I couldn't get through it

Bottom's top, ying is yang, Sturm und Drang

Tuesday nights, my blood begins to curdle

East is west, in is out, and that is why I need to shout

Oh no! The world is turning turtle

Oh, if you had come some other morn'

You wouldn't have found me so forlorn

But, since the day that I was born

Second Wednesday is on the fritz

I couldn't mend this to save my soul

If this keeps up, I'll dig a hole

You say life's a cherry bowl

But Wednesday's full of pits

Tell us, can you fix this drum?

Well, today it's looking glum

Can you mend this crack and broken string?

Perhaps if you all lend a hand

Our fingers are at your command

A broken song, but still can sing

Let's do the turtle swing

Oh, woe is me. Now I'm on my head

How can that be?

Well you say woe, but I say lucky you

Lucky me?

Yes. Here on your head A is far behind in letters, I've said

It's good to get a different point of view

You see, when the world turns upside down,

The best thing is turn right along with it

I do see! From down here, things look right side up, hahaha

I wouldn't mind seeing things from that angle

Sounds like fun

Can we?

Very well. Flippity flop

Near is far and here is there

Turtles turning everywhere

Things are getting clear

Then knock on wood my dear

When you change the view from where you stood

The things you view will change for good

I never thought of things that way

She never thought of things that way

Now Wednesdays are my favorite days

Now Wednesdays are her favorite days

Cause that's the day, I'm quite contrary.

I'm now, thanks to cousin Mar

I have changed. To be exact, I love the fact

The world is turning turtle, turtle, turtle

• Artist:Mary Poppins Returns (OST)
• Album:Mary Poppins Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2018)