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"The Senses Song" is a song from episode 44 of Animaniacs. It not only explores the five senses, but also different kinds of senses. The music was written by Tom Lehrer from his song "The Irish Ballad" and the lyrics were adapted by Randy Rogel and Tom Ruegger. It is the thirteenth track on the album Animaniacs.

Lyrics

Announcer:
And now, the Warners present: the Senses!
Yakko:
The sense of sight is what guides us right when we go out on walks
Wakko:
The sense of smell is the way to tell that you need to change your socks
Dot:
The sense of touch is what hurts so much when you bang your toe on the bed
Yakko:
The sense of hearing is something good, cause if a tree falls in the wood,
Would there be a sound? You bet there would...
If it landed on top your head!
The Warners:
Your head!
If a tree lands on top of your head!
Wakko:
The sense of taste affects your waist
Yakko:
Which makes five senses in all
Dot:
There's a sixth sense, too, but it's hard to explain
It's a psychic connection inside of your brain
So you can understand people like Shirley MacLaine
Yakko:
Who wear crystals they bought in the mall!
The Warners:
The mall!
Who wear crystals they bought in the mall!
Yakko:
And now, the other senses!
Dot:
There are scents you can smell, like cologne from Chanel Or the scents of expensive perfume
Yakko:
There are scents of flowers we hope overpowers the kitty box next to your room. P-yew!
Wakko:
There's a sense of pride you have deep down inside
Yakko:
When you practice a sense of fair play
Dot:
There are dollars and cents that you pay at a toll
Yakko:
Or the census man who is taking a poll
Wakko:
And a sense of confusion, we're out of control...
The Warners:
And they really should take us away!
Away!
They really should take us away!
Dot:
There's a sense of humor, a sense of doom Or a sense of awe, sense of timing
Yakko:
The sense of a word, a sense of absurd, Like trying to do all this rhyming!
Dot:
There's incense
Wakko:
And horse sense
Yakko:
And common sense, it's true
Dot:
Sense of wonder, sense of beauty
Wakko:
Sense of honor, sense of duty
Yakko:
A sense of doubt, a sense of danger
Dot:
A sense of fear when you meet a stranger
Wakko:
A sense of style, a sense of worth
Yakko:
A sense of direction for knowing the earth
The Warners:
A sense of dread as we're singing this song
That it's starting to turn out completely all wrong
And it's time that we end it because it's too long.....
Cause it just doesn't make any sense!
Nonsense!
This song doesn't make any sense!

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