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Elephants Are Gray (Elephants Are Blue) Lyrics
Life can be hard
Life can be tough
Life can be an elephant's tusk
I'd like to be an elephant's tusk
Elephants are gray
Elephants are blue
Especially when they're stuck in the zoo
What would you say if it happened to you?
Life can be tough
Life can be an elephant's tusk
I'd like to be an elephant's tusk
Elephants are blue
Especially when they're stuck in the zoo
What would you say if it happened to you?
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Wow, This song is a bit abstract. "Life can be hard like an elephant's tusk"...that's pretty simple to understand.
An elephant's tusks continue to grow while the animal puts a lot of wear and tear on them. So I figure the speaker wants to be tough and able to take whatever life throws at him.
The second stanza describes the elephant, and by using the colors, but the "blue" being an idiom, it's saying that the way something appears may definitely be different on the inside, or that there's always another way to look at a situation. So always try to be patient with someone's situation and not to jump the gun. Be compassionate and understanding? I don't know. Sorry I'm dumb.