You've gotta have skin All you really need is skin Skin's the thing that if you got it outside It helps keep your insides in It covers your nose And it's wrapped around your toes And inside it you put lemon meringue And outside you hand your clothes Skin is what you feel at home in And without it furthermore Both your liver and abdomen Would keep falling on the floor And you'd be dressed in your intestine A Siamese twin Needs an extra set of skin When the Doctor knows that you're feeling sick Where does he stick his needle in In the end of your skin All your friends and all your kinfolks Whether poor or whether rich They have all got lots of skin folds It's convenient when they itch Nothing can match it when you scratch it It fits perfectly Yours fits you and mine fits me When you're sitting down It folds and looks grand And then when you stand It's where you've been Ain't you glad you got skin? When you were just a little baby Well your skin fit fine And it's still going to fit you When you're 6 foot 9 So whether you're fat, tall Big, small, chubby or thin Ain't you glad you got skin?