Have you heard the news That is going round He should know better Have you heard the news That boy's got dust for brains After all this time After all this time Now things, oh, can never be the same He should know better Always straight, always cool Endless style, nobody's fool And always with the grace and superb manner How he danced around the snakes Left them spinning in his way And stepped straight on the yellow skin banana He should know better In the early hours of day The black night He makes his way Regretfully into the morning fog Just one silly small mistake Now all his bones their gonna break To the curse and laughing smile Of the little green frog He should know better