Teachers used to say
The strangest things to me!
Zip your lips Joe!
Throw away the key!
Now, I've searched high and low,
North, East, West and South.
I have a tongue and some teeth,
But not a zipper in my mouth!

ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!
Oh, there's not a zipper in my mouth!

Now, there's a zipper on my jacket,
A zipper on my jeans,
And there's zippers on purses
And lots of other things.

And I'm fairly certain,
I'd even bet the house,
That none of us is born
With a zipper in our mouth!

ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!
Oh, there's not a zipper in my mouth!

But, wouldn't it be funny
And wouldn't it be strange
If we all had a zipper
Complete with lock and chain!

And I can see it now
As mom is serving us our peas,
"Kids, your dad can't eat tonight
Until he finds his keys!!!!!!!!"

ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!.no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!
Oh, there's not a zipper in my mouth!

Well, zippers can be useful
And zippers can be fun.
Oh, they hold our clothes together
From coming all undone!

And, I'd like to say,
(Though I speak as only one),
I'm glad I don't have a zipper
Plastered to my gums!

ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!..no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!..no, no, no
ZIP!  ZIP! Zip your lips!
Oh, there's not a zipper in my mouth!
ZIP!  ZIP! ZIP!