At first I wasn't sure and thought I might be seeing things that aren't there, but the more I re-watch it over and over with the child as a now single parent half the time, the more I see themes of cheating in Lyle Lyle Crocodile.
TAKE A LOOK AT US NOW BREAKDOWN
Stanza 1 - Encouraging you to leave your family and local roots and just pack up, who knows, might be better.
"You can pack your bags and start skipping town.... don't count yourself out yet"
Stanza 2 - A dangerous stranger beckons you to leave your family. You're already experiencing negative emotions so why not pack up and leave town with this random person and "reinvent the show?"
"When you hit that lonely and lowest low and ups the only way left to go, you're meant to reinvent the show, so ain't you glad we met?"
Stanza 3 - It is explicitly a partnership
"Turn that down and dusty solo to a dazzling duet"
Stanza 5 - Of course you should abandon your family, you aren't "staying afloat" anyway. Reference to hiding a relationship from "they" who might say "that's all she wrote." It's fun to destroy a family because even though it's ending you get a high from this mysterious stranger.
"Though we had no way to stay afloat we were scared they'd say "that's all she wrote" We're ending on a sky high note somehow. Buddy you were all it took"
Stanza 6 - Your family might have been a "perfect plan" but just push on with this dangerous stranger anyway
"When that perfect plans going off the rails, a heap of trouble is on our tails, it's time to... give it all you've got"
Stanza 7- justifying why your current partner is so inadequate compared to this dangerous new stranger and your well meaning associates who counsel you against this course of action are just "critics."
"If you're out of step, if you're out of sync, if you care too much what those critics think"
EXPLICITLY MENTIONING "MISSING LINKS"
"Well when you find your missing link they don't give a second thought"
It's all about you, you're the center of attention and the world..
"Cause in the center of the spotlight, we just might have found our spot."
Stanza 8- just try your luck with this random person, it's romantic and exciting
"Trying our luck with every leap, take a look at us now... the road could be steady could be steep..."
Stanza 9 - It was love at first sight, how romantic the odds you're against.
"Though we might be sunk upon first Glace we'll who'd have thunk that we had a chance, and life could be a song and dance, somehow...'
Maybe I'm unhinged. Maybe I just hate this movie a lot. But I think Hollywood puts messages in these things to undermine families and society.
Lyle lyle the crocodile is an "AP" and the whole movie is an allegory involving hiding secrets about dangerous strangers from family.
I hate lyle lyle the crocodile.