Allan Sherman - Skin lyrics

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Skin<br />

You gotta have skin.<br />

All you really need is skin.<br />

Skin's the thing that if you got it outside,<br />

It helps keep your insides in.<br />

It covers your nose,<br />

And it's wrapped around your toes.<br />

And inside it you put lemon meringue,<br />

And outside ya hang your clothes.<br />

Skin is what ya feel at home in.<br />

And without it, furthermore,<br />

Both your liver and abdomen<br />

Would keep falling on the floor.<br />

(And you'd be dressed in your intestine)<br />

A Siamese twin<br />

Needs an extra set of skin.<br />

When the doctor knows that you're feeling sick<br />

Where does he stick his needle in?<br />

In the end of your skin.<br />

All your friends and all your kinfolks,<br />

Whether poor or whether rich,<br />

They have all got lots of skin, folks,<br />

It's convenient when they itch.<br />

(Nothing can match it when ya scratch it)<br />

It fits perfectly.<br />

Yours fits you, and mine fits me.<br />

When you're sitting down, it folds and looks grand.<br />

And then when you stand, it's where it's been.<br />

Ain't ya glad you've got skin!<br />

When you were just a little baby, why your skin fit fine.<br />

And it still is gonna fit you when you're six foot nine.<br />

So whether you're fat, tall, big, small, chubby or thin,<br />

Ain't ya glad you've got skin