"What Can a Bird Do?" is a song featured on the 2000 album 102 Dalmatians with music composed by Mike Himelstein and lyrics written by Marco Marinangeli. It is performed by Jeff Bennett, who voiced several characters in 101 Dalmatians: The Series and the 2000 video game 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue.
Lyrics[]
A bird, you say? Don't be ridiculous! I am certainly not!
The mere mention of such a preposterous notion puts me in a rather foul mood!
You see, I'm Waddlesworth.
I happen to be a dog, and I'm very proud of it!
I live a dog's life and I absolutely love it!
You ask me, between a bird and a dog, which is the best one?
Well, here's a simple answer to your simple-minded question:
My friends, you surely jest when asking me
Is it a canine or a fowl I'd rather be
Some feathers and some wings?
No, not those silly things!
You put me to the task,
So let me ask
What can a bird do
That a dog doesn't do?
Can a bird fetch a bone?
Chase a car? Get a clue!
Can he roll over in the clover
Can he kindly give his paw?
Can he be best friend to man?
Oh, what's the deal with a claw?
What can a bird do
That a dog doesn't do?
Can he follow kids around?
Hmm? Can he bark? Can he chew?
Oh, big deal, a parrot talking!
Don't be fooled by what you're seeing
Birds just repeat the things they hear like a human being! *squawk*
A bird? My word! Absurd!
I've heard they're flighty
Oh, yes they'll buzz off just like that on any whim
So let them cheep and chirp and chat
I say alrighty!
You have the nerve to think I'd like to be like them?
They say a bird's free!
That's a popular rage
They start out in a tree
They wind up in a cage
So, ok, they build a nest
And yes, so what, they lay some eggs
I'd like to see them run
With two itty bitty little legs!
My friends, let's just take, for example, the macaw
Which, if you check your encyclopedia, is a South American parrot
Now, while at dinner a dalmatian dog wants a nice, juicy steak
That bird wants some lettuce or a carrot
Now you know the origin of the phrase "a bird brain"
Someone that declines a steak for a carrot?
A carrot! I can't bear it! How dare it?
Parrot? *Squawk*
What can a bird do that a dog doesn't do?
A bird can't lick your face
A bird can't eat your shoe
But a bird can fly sky high until the earth's most very end
A bird can once more
And maybe even help a friend
So I suppose, in that regard, they're not half bad
But then again
Let them fly up in a fog!
I'd rather be a dog!
A dog!
And no, I don't want a cracker.
*Squawk*
