Song Lyrics

Dad?
Oh, hi, Vanessa!
Dad, what are you doing?
Well I'll be honest, I don't really understand
But I fell down this hill now I got glue on my hands
And I got records on my fingers
What?
Records on my fingers
I got records on my fingers and I just can't stop
Don't stop
I can't stop, I got a platypus controlling me
What?
I got a platypus controlling me
Now let me sum it up
It was a strange set of circumstances
Strange set of circumstances?
I fell down the hill, I got glue on my hands,
Now I got records on my fingers and I just can't stop
Don't stop! Don't stop!
Well I would if I was able
There's a platypus controlling me, he's underneath the table
There's a platypus controlling him, what?
Oh I get it, platypus is a metaphor for whatever is keeping you down!
Like corporations are a platypus
The government's a platypus
Your teacher is a platypus
My teacher is a panda

Society's a platypus
My parents are a platypus
The media's a platypus
It's all just propaganda
Yeah we've all got platypus controlling us

No, just me
We've all got platypus controlling us
I'd stop if I was able
We've all got platypus controlling us
I'm not speaking metaphorically
The platypus controlling me is underneath the table
Wait! Oh wait, no, he's gone!
Hey! There's no platypus controlling me…
There's no platypus controlling me![1]

Dan Povenmire, Jeff Marsh, Martin Olson

The duration of There's a Platypus Controlling Me is 1:19 minutes and seconds.