The Morning ReportMicha Mirecki

[ZAZU]
Good morning, sire!

[MUFASA]
Good morning, Zazu!

[ZAZU]
Checking in with the morning report

[MUFASA]
Fire away!

[ZAZU]
Chimps are going ape
Giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember
Though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up
Fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg
But I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills
And the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be
Coming back from lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

[MUFASA]
What are you doing, son?

[SIMBA]
Pouncing...

[MUFASA]
Ah. Let an old pro show you how it's done

[ZAZU & (MUFASA)]
The buffalo have got a beef
About this season's grass
Warthogs have been thwarted
(Stay low
To the ground)
In attempts to save their gas
(Yes, stay low)
Flamingoes in the pink
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season's color
(Shh, not a sound)
Seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file
To near the bottom rung
(Take it slow
One more step)
Far too many beetles are
Quite frankly in the dung
(Then... pounce!)
Ahhh!

[SIMBA]
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report!