Trip a Little Light Fantastic

Let's say you're lost in a park

Sure, you can give in to the dark

Or you can trip a little light fantastic with me

When you're alone in your room

Your choice is just embrace the gloom

Or you can trip a little light fantastic with me

For if you hide under the covers

You might never see the day

But if a spark can start inside your heart

Then you can always find the way

So when life is getting dreary

Just pretend that you're a leerie

As you trip, a little light fantastic with me

What's a leerie?

Why? It's what we lamplighters call ourselves, of course

Time to send out the call to arms

Leeries, trip the lights and lead the way!

Now when you're stuck in the mist

Sure, you can struggle and resist

Or you can trip a little light fantastic with me

Now say you're lost in the crowd

Well, you can stamp and scream out loud

Or you can trip a little light fantastic with me

And when the fog comes rolling in

Just keep your feet upon the path

Mustn't mope and frown or worst lie down

Don't let it be your epitaph

So when life is getting scary

Be your own illuminary

Who can shine the light for all the world to see

As you trip a little light fantastic with me

A leerie loves the edge of night

Though dim to him, the world looks bright

He's got the gift of second sight

(To trip a little light fantastic!)

A leerie's job's to light the way

(To tame the night and make it day!)

We mimic the moon, yes, that's our aim

(For we're the keepers of the flame!)

And if you're deep inside the tunnel

When there is no end in sight

Well, just carry on until the dawn

It's darkest right before the light

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As you trip a little light fantastic

Won't you trip a little light fantastic

Come on, trip a little light fantastic with me

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Oi!

Oi!

Oi!

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Come along, join us in a bit of kick and prance!

What did he say?

Kick and prance, it means dance, it's leerie speak

You don't say the words you mean, you say something that rhymes only

Here, I'll show you how it works

Angus! Give us your weep and wail

To the rest of ya, that means tale

I was short of a sheet (it was in the street)

Just a tumble down the sink (just to get himself a drink)

Then I pinched what's fatter (he grabbed his ladder)

To smile and smirk to work!

You see, there's nothing to it

Can you speak leerie, Mary Poppins?

Can I speak leerie?

Of course, she can, she's Mary Poppins!

Can we do it with you? Please!

Oh, very well, then

Children, tell us your story tale

(Give us your weep and wail!)

Well, we had this bowl (rabbit in the hole)

That fell and broke (bicycle spoke)

So we took it to a shop (like a lollipop)

And went upside down (that's a circus clown)

Then went to the bank (rattle and clank)

Got lost in the fog (lump on the log)

'Til we found a friend (to stand and defend)

Who took us on a trip (snap a horse's whip)

And we tripped a little light fantastic!

Now, that sounds a little bit bombastic

But they tripped the light (we tripped a light)

Let's trip a little light fantastic!

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(Join us, Mary Poppins!)

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(Hey!)

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You've got it, now let's get you all back home!

Now, if your life is getting foggy

That's no reason to complain

There's so much in store

Inside the door of 17 Cherry Tree Lane

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So when troubles are incessant

Simply be more incandescent

For your light comes with my lifetime guarantee

As you (trip a little light fantastic)

Won't you! (Trip a little light fantastic)

Come on! (Trip a little light fantastic)

With me (went to the bank, rattle and clank)

(Met with a boss, pitch-and-toss)

(Got lost in the fog, lump on a log)

Trip a little light fantastic!