Monkey See Monkey Do

Verse 1

Accordion apples tumble down

Gentle penguins wear a crown

Patchwork trousers skip the rain

Marmalade shadows on the train

Radio Broadcast

(Scratchy tuning, weather alert)

You are listening to Radio Bumblebee’s waking hour

A caution for strolling sandwiches—beware the syrup fog

Please return borrowed clouds to platform 11 at sunrise

Pre-Chorus

Crimson turtles march in line

Pepper clocks refuse to chime

Fizzy boots and violet hats

Stand in puddles shaped like flats

Chorus

Monkey business here today

Spin the world in shades of blue

Monkey see and monkey do

Chalk and numbers in my shoe

Verse 2

Raincoats hang from willow trees

Clockwork grapes in cups of tea

Painted faces stuck in glue

Mirror rivers running through

Pre-Chorus

Tangerine umbrellas float

All the kings aboard the boat

Counting toes and singing through

Colors tumbling out of view

Chorus

Monkey business here today

Spin the world in shades of blue

Monkey see and monkey do

Chalk and numbers in my shoe

Verse 3

Saffron windows blink at noon

Paper lions fill the room

Lemons balancing on broom

Cabbages that hum a tune

Bridge

Whistling clocks collapse in two

Marble zebras chase the moon

Polka dots on pantomime

Drifting slowly out of time

Radio Broadcast

(Static crackles, voices overlap)

This is Radio Bumblebee with your midday news and peculiar weather

Now reporting a parade of rubber ducks sliding down Orange Avenue

Listeners are advised to wear their finest spectacles and hop backwards on Thursdays

Verse 4

Sticky bandstands made of jam

Seats assembled from a pram

Mandolin with rubber bands

Trains departing upside down

Radio Broadcast

(Muffled chatter, snippets of old adverts)

Interruption—please stand by for the latest on invisible traffic jams

And now, a word from our sponsors: Marshmallow Hats, for all your fickle occasions

Outro Play

(Scene: A garden, paper flowers talking to frogs)

Frog 1: Fancy an umbrella?

Flower 1: Only if it rains confetti

Frog 2: Shall we dance?

Flower 2: Not before tea

(Children's laughter,

Radio Broadcast

(Faint static, surreal announcement)

And an update for our discerning listeners—clouds shaped like teaspoons expected over Lemon Lane

All pets must be registered in the upside-down directory by nightfall

And don’t forget—today’s riddle: Why does toast never swim?

Verse 5

Bubble telephones in sand

Painted ladders understand

Blushing turtles read the news

Balloons gather in twos and twos

Radio Broadcast

(Buzz, gentle music bed)

Our time is nearly up on Radio Bumblebee—next, the silent orchestra performance

Listeners are encouraged to imagine as loudly as possible

Play – Curtain Call

(Scene: Cardboard stage, sock puppets bow)

Sock 1: Encore, encore! Where’s the lemonade rain?

Sock 2: Drank by the paper train

Audience (whispers): Shhh—it’s Tuesday again

(Distant applause, slow fade-out, end)

Radio Broadcast

(Fidgeting dial, static leaps in)

And a gentle reminder: today’s sun is square and will rotate hourly

Caterpillars have petitioned for longer socks—outcomes pending

Keep your jellybeans dry and consult the cardboard barometer

Verse 6

Bent harmonicas parade the stairs

Apricot pigeons get tangled in chairs

Bubblewrap windows crack a grin

Hats made of muffins let nonsense begin

Radio Broadcast

(Distant kazoo, urgent whisper)

A late update: feathered umbrellas now in fashion, not suitable for rain

We return you now to your regularly scheduled silence

Play – Finale

(Scene: Felt hats skipping past a spinning pie)

Pie: I quite fancy a stroll

Felt Hat: Only if we roll

Pie (smiling): Let’s wobble to Pluto, just for a try

(Audience giggles, gentle accordion closes the show)

(Soft applause,

Radio Broadcast

(Soft pops and echoes, voice ponders)

You’re tuned to our final foghorn forecast—gumdrop hailstorms drifting over Velvet Square tonight

Listeners in wool slippers advised to juggle their spoons discreetly

And now, a letter from a penguin: “Dear Bumblebee, may I borrow your umbrella?”

Verse 7

Pickle clocks chime quarter past cheese

Stoic koalas rehearsing trapeze

Mushroom carriages circle the lawn

Socks with spectacles stifle a yawn

Radio Broadcast

(Rhythmic tapping, faint harmonium)

Before we close, an urgent headline: sunflower fleets discovered in the custard sea

Tonight’s motto: Always whistle before breakfast, and never after dusk

Play – Epilogue

(Scene: Shadow puppets, lemon slices for feet)

Shadow 1: Shall we climb the pudding stairs?

Shadow 2: On three, and bring the brass pears

(Curtain crinkles, a gentle wind blows)

(Soft kazoo flourish, distant hands clap—silence settles, radio fades out,