Chorus: Everybody does what they do best, the best Everyone has something makes them different from the rest Birds can fly and whales keep warm But no one digs like the mighty worm Everybody does what they do best, the best Don't you know that rats can't rollerskate? Geese can't dance ballet in Swan Lake Whoever heard of a juggling duck And why put a skunk in swimming trunks? Chorus Don't give a flute to a newt or a porcupine Kangaroos jump and they do just fine Don't ask a shrew to play charades Or dress up a sheep in window shades
(1/2 chorus solo) Birds can fly and whales keep warm, but no one digs like the mighty worm Everybody does what they do best, the best Don't play tag with a parrot and a cat You'll sleep in the day if you sleep with a bat Do what you do in your own style That's what the animals do in the wild Chorus Everybody does what they do best, the best Everybody does what they do best, the best Everybody does what they do best, the best