Monty Harper

Lyrics

Survivor from the age of the dinosaur, he's a horny toad.
He's a cold-blooded horn-headed insectivore 'cause he's a horny toad.
He's a squat round lizard with a spiny sense of style.
People call him a toad, but he's a reptile.
He's a horny toad, a little horny toad, horny toad.

He's really rather shy and doesn't want you to see that he's a horny toad.
That's why his color pattern blends with the scenery, that clever horny toad.
You'll catch him scampering a bit, but then he stops and lies flat
while your eyes keep moving, and - Hey, where's he at?
He's a horny toad, a sneaky horny toad, horny toad.

Pop up out of the ground. Get warm in the sun.
Gobble harvester ants until the day is done.
Now do the horny toad shake. Wiggle side to side.
Dig down into the soil. It's a cozy way to hide
'til the morning time, when the sun will shine
on the horny toad, the sleepy horny toad, horny toad.

He'll try to make you think he's dead, acting so laid back, that tricky horny toad.
He may warn you with a hiss if you try to make a snack out of the horny toad.
He can puff himself up to unusual size.
When he's really provoked he squirts blood from his eyes.
He's a horny toad. Don't eat the horny toad, horny toad.

Pop up out of the ground. Get warm in the sun.
Gobble harvester ants until the summer is done.
Do the Horny Toad Shake. Wiggle side to side.
Dig down into the soil. It's a cozy way to hide
through the winter snow. He'll be laying low
cause he's a horny toad, a sleepy horny toad, horny toad.

We used to find him all over in the arid loamy sand, the common horny toad.
But now days fire ants and humans are encroaching on his land, endangered horny toad.
So if you see him in his habitat, he'll thank you very much
when you take a good look but don't touch!
Mr. Horny Toad, protected horny toad, horny toad.

He's a horny toad.
He's a horny toad. Phrynosoma cornutum!
He's a horny toad. He's a Texas Horned Lizard!
He's a horny toad, horny toad.