If I were you I'd build a time machine   So you can go and find out where I've been   I'm a sad giraffe but you never asked why   Even laughing gas makes me cry      Caterpillars, chatterboxes, costume parties   Paradoxes, lion tamers, railway stations   Hieroglyphics, constellations      Daffodils taught astronauts mathematics   Barnum & Bailey kept elephants in their attics   The least you could do is go and build a time machine   It's time you go and find out where I've been      Silver nitrate, x-ray glasses, tight-rope walkers   Tap-dance classes, vacuum cleaners, birthday presents   Geiger counters, phosphorescence      Infinity's pretty measley after all   Like a donkey doing cartwheels down the hall   So hand out straightjackets on sinking ships   Just quit calling me Miss Apocalypse      I never meant to steal that Ferris wheel   But you know flashing lights have a certain appeal   And people going nowhere as happy as they can be   Thought I'd take them home so they could live with me