{"id":39060,"date":"2024-12-08T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=39060"},"modified":"2024-12-08T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T13:47:58","slug":"white-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/12\/08\/white-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"White Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-0.mp3\"> White-Elephant-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-0.mp4\"> White-Elephant-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-I.mp3\"> White-Elephant-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-I.mp4\"> White-Elephant-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-Reggae.mp3\"> White-Elephant-Reggae.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-Reggae.mp4\"> White-Elephant-Reggae.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/White-Elephant-intro.mp3\"> White-Elephant-intro.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a white elephant<br \/>\nIn the room<br \/>\n(Green with envy)<br \/>\nI assume<br \/>\nYou cannot consume&#8230;.<br \/>\n(Oh, let us see)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nA white elephant for sale<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll never fail<br \/>\n(To bring out the animal in you&#8230; it&#8217;s true)<br \/>\nIn the sights<br \/>\nOf insight<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWould you like to pay<br \/>\nFor my burden?<br \/>\n(Hey! Sales on!)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a white elephant<br \/>\nIn the room<br \/>\n(Green with envy)<br \/>\nI assume<br \/>\nYou cannot consume&#8230;.<br \/>\n(Oh, let us see)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWill you wallow<br \/>\nIn the swallow<br \/>\n(Into the straight and narrow)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nA white elephant for sale<br \/>\n(Grab &#8216;er by the tail!)<br \/>\nThe animal in you&#8230; is out in plain view)<br \/>\nIn the sights<br \/>\nOf insight<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIn the sights<br \/>\nOf insight<br \/>\nWould you like to pay<br \/>\nFor my (ba, ba) burden?<br \/>\n(Hey! Sales on!)<br \/>\nAnd, on and on<br \/>\n(And on and on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a white elephant<br \/>\nIn the room<br \/>\n(Green with envy)<br \/>\nI assume<br \/>\nYou cannot consume&#8230;.<br \/>\n(Oh, let us see)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIn the sights<br \/>\nOf insight<br \/>\nWill you wallow<br \/>\nIn the swallow<br \/>\n(Into the straight and narrow)<br \/>\nWould you like to pay<br \/>\nFor my (ba, ba) burden?<br \/>\n(Hey! Sales on!)<br \/>\nAnd, on and on<br \/>\n(And on and on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nIn the sights<br \/>\nOf insight<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nA white elephant sale is a type of sale where people donate unwanted or surplus items, which are then sold to raise money. The name comes from the idea of a &#8220;white elephant,&#8221; referring to something that is more of a burden than a benefit &#8212; items that are no longer useful to the owner but might still have value to someone else.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/animal-spirits\/\">Animal Spirits<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Also found on the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/say-reggae\/\">Say Reggae<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/rombox\/Narley_Marley\/\">Narley Marley<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VIII\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White-Elephant-0.mp3 White-Elephant-0.mp4 White-Elephant-I.mp3 White-Elephant-I.mp4 White-Elephant-Reggae.mp3 White-Elephant-Reggae.mp4 White-Elephant-intro.mp3 [Intro] There&#8217;s a white elephant In the room (Green with envy) I assume You cannot consume&#8230;. 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