Melanie Safka - Alexander beetle

^Fi ^Fhad a little beetle, so that ^Fbeetle was his ^Fname and i ^Fcalled him Alex^Fander and he ^Fanswered just the same ^Fand ^Fi ^Fput him in a matchbox and i ^Fkept him all the ^Fday but ^Fnanny let my ^Fbeetle out and ^Fbeetle ran a^Fway

^Fshe ^Fsaid she didn't mean it and i ^Fnever said she ^Fdid she ^Fsaid she wanted ^Fmatches and she ^Fjust took off the lid she ^Fsaid i mustn't worry and i ^Freally mustn't ^Fmind that there's ^Flots and lots of ^Fbeetles thats she's ^Fcertain we could find said if we ^Flooked in all the places that a ^Fbeetle might be ^Fnear and we m^Fade the kind of ^Fnoises that a ^Fbeetle likes to hear

^Fthen ^Fi ^Fheard a kind of something and i ^Fgave a sort of ^Fshout it was a beetle house and Alexander ^Fbeetle coming ^Fout it was Alexander beetle i'm as ^Fcertain as can ^Fbe and he ^Fhad that kind of ^Flook as though he ^Fthought it might be me

^Fand ^Fhe ^Fhad that kind of look as though he ^Fthought he ought to ^Fsay "^F;i'm really ^Fvery sorry th^Fat i tried to run away" ^Fan^Fd ^Fnanny's very sorry too cause ^Fyou know what she ^Fdid and she's ^Fwriting Ale^Fxander very ^Fblackly on the ^Flid ^Fso ^Fnan and me are friends because it's ^Fdifficult to ^Fcatch an ex^Fcited Alex^Fander you've mis^Ftaken for a ^Fmatch ^{F F F F}