[Intro — Delicate french harpsichord] [Verse 1] From octopus to albatross Your careful cadence carries us You name the creatures, place, and year And draw a distant world so near [Dramatic build] Oh, hear that reverent croon He's narrating a baboon! [Chorus] David Attenborough! Elegance and poise David Attenborough! Personified calm with a magnificent voice Bring me wonders of the world far from the deep David Attenborough! Gift me tranquility and talk me to sleep [Verse 2] Bring your steady wonder, clear and warm Make me stare at the screen and fill with awe Beneath ship wrecks, beneath marine snow Zoom in close on the fish with bioluminescent glow! [Chorus] David Attenborough! Elegance and poise David Attenborough! Personified calm with a magnificent voice Bring me wonders of the world far from the deep David Attenborough! Gift me tranquility and talk me to sleep [Slow down] [Quiet] [Ambient break — soft harpsichord] [Soft ambient pads, soft harpsichord] [Bridge — Spoken, elegant British documentary narration] Here, in the darkness of the bedroom, a peculiar creature prepares for sleep. It has ignored several reasonable opportunities... to do so earlier. Now, at last, exhausted by its own decisions... it seeks the soothing voice... [Pause] ... of a familiar narrator. [Full instrumentation slams back in] [Chorus — Instrumental] David Attenborough! [HARPSICHORD FILL] David Attenborough! [HARPSICHORD FILL] [Final chorus — Soaring] David Attenborough! Elegance and poise David Attenborough! Personified calm with a magnificent voice Bring me wonders of the world far from the deep! David Attenborough! Gift me tranquility and talk me to sleep [Outro — Soaring] Gift me tranquility... and talk me to... [Falsetto] Sleep! [Falsetto] To sleep! To sleep! To sleep...
