Civilization
(Bongo, bongo, bongo)
T&M: Hilliard, Sigman
Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages holler from a bongo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see:
So bongo, bongo, bongo
I don't want to leave the Congo, Oh no no no no no
Bingle, bangle, bungle
I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go
Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords
I make it clear: That no matter how they coax him
Yeeeah, I'll stay right here
I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed
Magazine? What happens?
I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles
You know you can get hurt that way Daniel
At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see
What do they see Danny?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
he don't want to leave the Congo, Oh no no no no no
Bingle, bangle, bungle
he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis
Noise in my ear: So no matter how they coax him
Yeeeah, I'll stay right here
They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
I don't want to leave the congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
So, no matter how they coax him
I'll stay right here
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