LITTLE CAMEL
(Music and Lyrics: Camelio Al-Kamel) (listen to the song.)

I'm just a little camel,
I spend my time with my Mom.
My days are bright and lazy under the sun.
I watch, curious, everything around me,
I wonder with all I see.
Well, I won't say I've got a garden
But I have a palm tree.

It's so nice being a baby camel
And I don't give a damn
For being a wild tiger in the jungle!

Look, Mom, at my huge eyelashes,
Why are they so big?
If I don't keep my eyes well open
I can hardly see.
"Dear baby, these eyelashes
Keep away the sand from our eyes
When we trek across the desert
With sand storms for miles and miles."

That's pretty neat! The sand will never get in,
Who needs Ray-Ban sunglasses
In the desert with these eyelashes?

Yes, but mom, have a look at my feet.
Why do they have these three big toes?
I could never fit them in a Nike's
And I would really like to wear shoes.
"Dear son, we have these big toes
To stay on top of the soft sand.
Otherwise, we would sink in the sand dunes
And that wouldn't be much fun."
That's true! Forget about the Reebok's
Rather than a football star
I would like to win the Paris-Dakar.

Yes, but, Mammy, why do I have these humps?
Look, here in my back.
I suppose they are for something
But I can not guess what.
"Yes, my dear, they have their reason,
In the desert we always have dry season.
We store water inside our humps
For when we are thirsty and on the run."

That's great! 'Cause if they store water
The same way I do suppose
I can keep in them a couple of Cokes.

Cool! Mammy, now I understand.
Big Eyelashes for the sand.
Three big toes so I won't sink
And from my humps I can drink.

Yes mamma, I do understand
Camel God's design was not that bad.
But from the way I have understood
Then, why the hell are we in the San Diego Zoo?

*1999 Al-Habibi Records