Monty's Measuring Tape

From the moment they gave him the measuring tape That's the second Monty started to measure away Measuring this and measuring that From the round side of rings to the square side of flat He measured the span on the wings of a fly The knees of the bees as they buzzed him by He measured the toot from the sound of a flute And the beat of a drum, Monty measured that too He measured the space between space and time So there were no mistakes he measured it in the light Pulled the tail of a lion to measure its roar The teeth on a shark but only up to row four Monty measured the clowns from the circus in town With a wink and a nod, the upside of down He measured the dinner his mom sat on his plate Then for dessert, he measured the cake The last thing Monty did before he went to bed Was to measure the pillow where he laid his head And in no time at all, Monty was fast asleep Where in between snores he measured his dreams