Ever since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly
I've been asking questions, "Why?"
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)

I compared the monkey's tail
to the flipper of the whale
and the Buddhist's fingernail
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of mankind

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of mankind

I've seen pandas on the wing
Heard the brontosaurus sing
And I've measured balls of string
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)

I've untangled tambourines
Disinfected aubergines
Looped a loop in submarines
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of mankind

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of mankind

For the purely statistical theosophistical characteristical an in the street
My proper reality universality fundamentality cannot be eat!
(his fundamentality cannot be beat)
My fundamentality cannot be beat!
(his fundamentality cannot be beat!)

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of ankind

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of ankind

For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the anthropological technicalogical
abracadabrical polysyllabical
simply omnivorous holy vociferous! benefit of mankind
HEY!