Lyrics

Give me a minute and I'll tell you a story
It has a beginning and an end.
"Once upon a time" is how it starts
And it ends with just "the end".

Spoken:
Aren't you forgetting something?
Like what?
The middle.

Oh, the middle, oh, the middle
You mean the part with all of the facts
Oh, the middle, oh, the middle
Well, I had a little trouble with that.

Let's see what we can write about.
How about pets? Most people have one or wish they did.
We've got a dog and we wish we had a cat
And we used to have fish.

Once upon a time I had a dog
And a cat and a fish
And the dog barked and the cat meowed
And the fish bubble, bubble, bubbled.

One day the dog decided to meow
And the cat decided to bubble
And the fish, that silly fish,
That fish started barking like this... [bubble bark]

Oh, the middle, oh, the middle,
Well, I think we took care of that
Oh, the middle, oh, the middle,
They lived happily ever after, the end.

Oh, the middle, oh, the middle
You mean the part with all of the facts
Oh, the middle, oh, the middle
Well, I had a little trouble with that.

Oh, the middle, oh, the middle,
Well, I think we took care of that
Oh, the middle, oh, the middle,
This is the end, the end.