[INTRO]

Who wrote the rule that said a thing with feathers absolutely has to fly?

(Fly? Why must they fly?)

Some creatures have two wings that flap but you won't find them up there in the sky

(Try, try, try, they're not up there in the sky)

[PRE-Chorus]

Gravity, they don't defy, they'll never soar, won't even try

Well...

[Chorus]

Have you heard?

(Have you heard?)

About the flightless bird?

(About the flightless bird?)

With wings that flap, they've been supplied

But after that, things went awry

Well, have you heard?

(Have you heard?)

About the flightless bird?

(About the flightless bird?)

They're quite content there on the ground

To see them don't look up, look down

[BRIDGE]

Ostrich, kiwi, penguin, emu

They all can't fly

Let's play a little kazoo!

[VERSE]

Penguins swim where it's all frozen

For flying, they've not been chosen

Ostriches are fast as lightning

Do they fly?

(Who, us? Too frightening.)

See the emu from Australia and the great New Zealand kiwi

(Some birds were born to fly, but I just gotta be me!

We won't cry, we won't frown

We're happy right here on the ground!)

[PRE-Chorus]

Gravity, we won't defy, we'll never soar, won't even try

Well...

[Chorus]

Have you heard?

(Have you heard?)

About the flightless bird?

(About the flightless bird?)

With wings that flap, they've been supplied

But after that, things went awry

Well, have you heard?

(Have you heard?)

About the flightless bird?

(About the flightless bird?)

They're quite content there on the ground

To see them, don't look up. Look down

[OUTRO]

Ostrich, kiwi, penguin, emu

So what if we can't fly?

Neither can you!