Did you ever sleep in a bear pit

With apple cores and mice along

Did you ever lay on ice and grit

Or search for a place where the wind was gone



Did you ever tramp up endless hills

Past cosy homes with secret beds

Did you ever dream of a suicide pill

And wake up cold to the smell of bread



Well I have slept there badly twice

And shared my straw with scratchin mice

Although you'll find some deep brown hair

I'll tell you something for nothing

There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)

Not a single bear in there (cache cache)



Did you ever have to make a draw

For a hard wooden bench or a bed of stone

Did you ever jemmy a stable door

Or scare the horse to escape the snow



Did you ever invade a neat little yard

Wake up the children who hope for ghosts

Did you ever cause their dogs to bark

Their guests to curse their noisy hosts



Don't jump in expectin fun

Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun

Don't enter the cage with wavin chairs

Cos I'll tell you something for nothing

There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)

Not a single bear in there (cache cache)



Did you ever pass the police at work

And hope that they might take you in

Did you ever wonder why music hurts

When someone plays it aloof to sin

Did you ever believe that a smile could cure

A happy face keep you warm at night?

Were you ever fooled by laughters lure

Only to find that they laughed in spite?



Chorus: (as above)



Did you ever finally find a place

A soft warm bed in a room of flowers

And when you finally laid down your face

You found you slept for a hundred hours

A hundred hours.



There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)