Now you´ve heard of folks with a lot of ambition But I believe just about the biggest case of ambition I ever saw Was in a bug that I saw crawlin´ along the beach one day
He was a mighty ambitious bug On the beach one early mornin´ as a day was newly dawnin´ And the sun again was warmin´ all the chill thru´out the land I saw me a bug a walkin´ and at first I thought he was quakin´ Then I found out he was talkin´ while he crawled across the sand He was crawlin´ mighty straight at a slow but a steady gait And when I asked him to wait he said oh come on crawl with me But I said where you goin´ and he said you´ll be knowin´ For I´m gonna make a showin´ and you´ll someday see Well I stood there by the ocean I suddenly had the notion
That I start this big promotion so this challenge I enfirled said the bug So I gave my wife a hug and I left my confy rug So I could be the only bug that ever crawled around the world Well he seemed mighty small and it was a long way to crawl And I´m sure he couldn´t swim at all so I try to discourage my friend I said you know the world is round and there´s mighty lotta ground And there some water to be found before you reach your journey´s end And he said now don´t you fret there´s problems to be met But I´ll make it you can bet and this deed will bring glory to my name You know they said man would never fly now he´s soarin´ in the sky
Cause he had the will to try so let me win my fame So he crawled on out of sight as he sought that splendoured height Neither lookin´ left nor right but slowly marchin´ toward his goal And my knowin´ he had started on his journey as we parted Kept me from feelin´ too down hearted for he was a mighty ambitious soul Well I´ve looked everywhere I´ve been and seen a lotta bugs since then But not one quite like my little friend when I think of him I´m filled with pride Did he make it I don´t know he was crawlin´ mighty slow and he had a long way to go And all I can tell you folks is that he tried he sure was an ambitious bug