No Such Thing As a Dragon III - Orchestral Version

By the time Billy came back downstairs
The dragon had grown so much, he filled the hall
Billy, had to go around by way of the living room
To get to where his mother was
"I didn't know dragons grew so fast," said Billy
"There's no such thing as a dragon," said mother firmly

There ain't no such thing
There ain't no such thing
As a dragon

Cleaning the downstairs, took mother all morning
With the dragon in the way, and having to climb
In and out of windows to get from room to room
By noon, the dragon filled the house
Its head hung out the front door, its tail hung up the back door
And there wasn't a room in the house
That didn't have some part of the dragon in it
When the dragon awoke up from his nap, he was hungry
The bakery truck went by
The smell of fresh bread was more than the dragon could resist
He ran down the street after the bakery truck
The house went along of course like the shell on a snail
When Mr. Bixby came home for lunch
The first thing he noticed was that his house was gone
Luckily, one of the neighbors was able to tell him which way it went
Mr. Bixby got in his car and went looking for the house
He studied all the houses as he drove along
Finally, he saw one that looked familiar
Billy and Mrs. Bixby were waving from an upstairs window
Mr. Bixby climbed over the dragon's head
Onto the porch roof and through the upstairs window
"How did this happen?" Mr. Bixby asked
"It was the dragon," said Billy
"There's no such thing," mother started to say

There ain't no such thing
There ain't no such thing
As a dragon
There ain't no such thing
There ain't no such thing
As a dragon

"There is a dragon, Billy insisted, "A very big dragon,"
And Billy padded the dragon on the head
The dragon wagged his tail happily
Then even faster than it had grown
The dragon started getting smaller
Soon it was kitten size again
"I don't mind dragons this size," said mother
"Why did it have to grow so big?"
"I'm not sure," said Billy
"I think it just wanted to be noticed."

There ain't no such thing
There ain't no such thing
As a dragon
There ain't no such thing
There ain't no such thing
As a dragon