Words and Music by Dennis Livingston

IN THE OLD CRETACEOUS,
LIFE WAS QUITE VORACIOUS.
NOT SO VERY GENTLE,
FULL OF CREATURES MONUMENTAL.

DRAGONFLIES ABOUNDIN',
WINGSPANS WERE ASTOUNDIN'.
SIMP-A-LY NO STOPIN',
PLENTY TOADS AND FROGS ALL HOPPIN.'

LET ME TELL YA DINOS,
WHAT THOSE DRIED UP BONES DON'T SHOW.

SMELLS OF FERNS DRIFTIN' ON THE BREEZE.
MOONLIT NIGHTS SITTIN' AT OUR EASE.
EVEN REPTILES HAD FAMILY.
LOYAL, FAITHFUL, THAT'S
HER/HIM AND ME.
 
LAYIN' EGGS TO MAKE
SOMEBODY NEW,
SOMEBODY YOU,
SOMEBODY WHO
WOULD ADORE US WHEN WE'RE
OLD AND GRUMPY, FAT AND BUMPY,
NOT TOO QUICK, BUT NOT TOO LUMPY.
 
LIFE WAS SHARP AND SASSY,
BUT YA JUST DON'T KNOW.
LET ME TELL YA DINOS
WHAT THE BONES DON' T SHOW.

GIANT CROCODILES,
WRAPPED IN SLEEPY SMILES.
BODIES SOFTLY SLITHER,
AS THEY BEG YOU TO COME HITHER.

DUCK-BILLED HADROSAURUS,
HORNS AND BEAKS UPROARUS.
DANCIN' RATHER LIGHTLY
AS THEY TRUMPETED SO BRIGHTLY.

LET ME TELL YA DINOS
WHAT THOSE DRIED UP BONES DON'T SHOW.

SMELLS OF FERNS DRIFTIN' ON THE BREEZE.
MOONLIT NIGHTS SITTIN' AT OUR EASE.
 
EVEN REPTILES HAD FAMILY.
LOYAL, FAITHFUL, TRUE
YOU AND ME.
 
LAYIN' EGGS TO MAKE
SOMEBODY NEW,
SOMEBODY YOU,
SOMEBODY WHO
WOULD ADORE US WHEN WE'RE
OLD AND GRUMPY, FAT AND LUMPY,
NOT TOO QUICK, BUT NOT TOO LUMPY.
 
LIFE WAS SHARP AND SASSY,
BUT YA JUST DON'T KNOW.
LET ME TELL YA DINOS
WHAT THE BONES DON'T SHOW.

LOOK WHO'S HERE SO EARLY,
OYSTERS BRIGHT AND PEARLY.
OCEAN TURTLES CHATTER,
SAYIN' "REALLY, WHAT'S THE MATTER?"

HERBS AND PRETTY FLOWERS,
HIDE IN LEAFY BOWERS.
PLENTY OF SURPRISES,
SUCH AS LOTS OF BUTTERFLYSES.

LET ME TELL YA DINOS ... (WHAT?)

LET ME TELL YA DINOS ... (WHAT?)

LET ME TELL YA DINOS,
WHAT THE BONES DON'T SHOW

 

YEAH!

 

 

© 1993 Hallmark Music Co.

 

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