We think of ourselves as movers and shakers
We build tall buildings and dig under acres
Our machines are marvels at hauling freight
But have you ever tried to lift your own weight?
If you can’t… consider the ant

Ants are amazing… They chop up leaves
They carry sticks… They chew down trees
They compost dead plants… and they aerate the soil
And they don’t break a sweat despite backbreaking toil
Dit-di-dit-di-dit-dit-da, Dit-di-dit-di-dit-dit-da

No matter what happens ants will always be with us
To crawl and alarm and even seem vicious
They get in our socks, they get in our food
It’s not hard to see how they get us unglued

Some are quite harmless, some are quite bad
Their sting is like fire, they march through the land
Now I’ll tell you a story I bet you can’t beat
It’s OK, I’ll wait… go get something to eat
....... ........ .......

It’s a true story I swear to you Bob
I wish I’d snapped pictures, I looked like a slob
My face was all grimy, my feet were swelled up
My sneakers were slimy, I couldn’t stand up

You see where I was was the Amazon forest
I felt very brave, was an adventurous tourist
Hiking through thickets, hiking through mud
Chopping at branches, leaches sucking my blood

Each day we'd get through we'd get through by chance
But one night when I slept in my nice grubby pants
Yes one night when I slept in my nice grubby pants
I found in the morning they’d been eaten by ants

My skin was intact my flesh was not eaten
But this was enough I felt totally beaten
My legs showed through like in fishnet stockings
Carried my pride as I had to keep walking

We were deep in the forest, there were monkeys and snakes
Creepy crawlies that gave me the shakes
I never imagined setting out on my trek
That the risk I'd be risking would be under my neck

No I never imagined that my old cotton pants
Would be the delicacy chosen by ants

So the next time you see them crawl on your floor
Climb up the counter or sneak through the door
Consider how you’ll get rid of this pest
Will you trap it or crunch it or smoke out the nest

Or do you believe in re-incarnation
Perhaps this fellow‘s a distant relation
Whatever you do… if you kill it, or can’t
Use this small moment to consider the ant