(When this began)
I just wanted to play
I guess a slapstick comic was inside of me
(I was real loose)
I guess I just wanted to try
And do something wacky and silly, that's no lie
(All up to me)
A banana, you see, I just unpeeled
I decided to do the next thing that I feeled
(You silly goose)
I slipped, and whoa, fell on stone
A pratfall of my own, a pratfall of my own

Banana peel, banana peel, was what I thought would be the deal
To see what would happen, although it was wrong
(My friends had some laughs with this one)
Banana peel, banana peel, like an old cinema reel
I just had to do that, impulse was so strong
I was a ding-dong!

So I stepped on for play
Would you believe I didn't fall right down on my face?
(Butt slightly bruised)
Looking right up there, what did I find
It was the lunchroom teacher and she did not look at all kind
(So I said "Hi!")
She did not like my creativity
She didn't like the way everyone was looking at me
(Had a screw loose)
What did I gain? I ate lunch alone
Had to eat all alone, in the Naughty Boy Zone

Banana peel, banana peel, did not lie, cheat, swear or steal
I got punished for the first time, years along
("And you clean up the mess 'til it's gone!")
Banana peel, banana peel, I could not believe it was real
That I was paying for a sin that wasn't so strong
Nowhere sized King Kong

I had never got myself in trouble at school on my own
Yes, I never did anything else, I was so good, unreal
I never smoked or drank a thing, school age sobriety
All except that day, banana peel horseplay!

Banana peel, banana peel, it was what was all the deal
To just see what would happen, impulse so strong
(Blushing face showed the pride in me gone!)
Banana peel, banana peel, made an entertaining meal
But you should know something, I still aint smoked a bong!
So I'm not all turned out wrong

Banana peel, Banana peel
Yes I'm so weird, is it wrong?
Banana peel, banana peel
Let's go ask Erica Jong

Now I wrote this song!