I was comin' home the other day
When I saw this creature comin' my way
With a shape that I had never seen before
It was funny and cute with a buck-toothed snoot 
And it wriggled like a squirrel
And it ran inside when I opened the kitchen door

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There's an animal in the house
And I don't know what to do
It's runnin' 'round, scarin' the cats
Nibblin' on my shoe
There's an animal in the house
Like I've never seen before
We gotta track him down - box him up
Send him out the door

Well I chased him into the bathroom
Where for sometime we could leave him
And rack our brains decidin' who to call
But then he got real busy
Drinkin' from the toilet - eatin' the shower curtain
If we didn't hurry there'd be nothing left at all

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Then someone had the bright idea
Said "let's go try upstairs"
The neighbors have some very strange pets
Maybe this is one of theirs
So I call up and I say to her "Honey do I have your pet?"
"Oh gosh" she says "I'm so relieved!"
It's Mickey my ferret!
(A ferret - what kind of a dog is that?)

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Now the funny thing about this tale 
Is where it all took place
It ain't no sprawlin' hill or dale
But a great big city space
So don't go thinkin' you're immune 
And you haven't got a care
'Cause the moral of this story is
It can happen anywhere
   You better watch out now...

(chorus) There's an animal in your house