Shut The Door (They're Coming Through the Window)
Composer(s): Mann; Ives; Kern; Howard
Performer(s): Sam & Kirk McGee



I know a certain fellow
By the name of Joe Devine
He started seeing funny things
From drinkin' too much wine
Around his bed pink elephants
And zebras played about
A purple monkey kissed him twice
And he began to shout
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Shut the window!
They're coming through the door!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Oh! the room is full
And won't hold any more!

A man lived in Vancouver
In a cottage by the sea
One night he called the sheriff up
And said "They're robbing me!
There's twenty crooks around the house
Please tell me what to do!"
The sheriff said, "Don't let 'em in
That's my advice to you!"
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Shut the window!
They're coming through the door!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Oh! the room is full
And won't hold any more!

A dad-to-be was waiting
For the stork to bring an heir
Out came the nurse who said "Two storks
Have just brought you a pair!
Oh, wait! There's more storks circling 'round
I think they're gonna light!
Looks like those storks are gonna be
Kept busy here tonight!"
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Shut the window!
They're coming through the door!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Oh! the room is full
And won't hold any more!

My wife went in for rabbits
And she kept them in a hutch
She only bought two rabbits
And it didn't seem like much
One morning when we looked at them
Oh, how they'd multiplied!
A million rabbits hopped right out
And all the neighbors cried
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Shut the window!
They're coming through the door!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Oh! the room is full
And won't hold any more!

The first week we were married
My dear wife said to me
"I'm feeling kind of lonesome
For my darling family
Can we invite them for awhile
Since we've got room to spare?"
They eat me out of house and home
They're getting in my hair!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Shut the window!
They're coming through the door!
Shut the door!
They're coming through the window!
Oh! the room is full
And won't hold any more!