from time to time i dream that i m a manatee undulating underneath the sea unshackled by the chains of idle vanity a modest manatee that s me i look just like a chubby brown banana tee as i nose along the cozy ocean floor immune from human folly and inanity that s why a manatee is such a happy herby bore i m a manatee i m a manatee i m every bit as wrinkled as my grannity no difference between my face and fanity a noble manatee well that s me with the dietary habits of a manatee i never fail to lick my platter clean i sprinkle seaweed on my raisin branity the perfect manatee cuisine with my wit sophistication and urbanity i dignify my watery domain no one near will ever hear me use profanity because a manatee has his image to maintain i m a manatee i m a manatee i keep my reputation spick and spanity no difference between my face and fanity a speakly manatee well that s me encumbered by my lumbering giganity i m thought to be an ocean going brute the least appealing creature on the planety but to a manatee i m cute i prefer my world of silence and of sanity but my underwater friends don t all agree for whenever i am dreaming i m a manatee somewhere a manatee is dreaming that he is me i m a manatee i m a manatee outside the fold of boring old humanity no difference between my face and fanity i m a rolly polly jelly rolly sugar bowly heart and souly manatee that s me