[Verse 1]
There's an old Virginian vibraphone
With a calculated gait
And a man who thinks he's Al Capone
With a cummerbund and cape

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
And talk to the man if you feel he needs talking to

[Chorus]
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying, yeah

And the hobbit on the rocks is crying

[Verse 2]
There's an orchestra in rococo
And an insulated dwarf
And the ships are sinking in the sea
As they sail from the shore

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you

[Chorus]
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying, yeah
Whoa
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
For the grunion in the sand entwining

[Bridge]

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
And talk to yourself if you feel you need talking to

[Chorus]
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying, yeah
Whoa

And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
Whoa
For the grunion in the sand entwining

[Outro]
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying