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Thread #5159   Message #29329
Posted By: Gene
26-May-98 - 12:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
Subject: LYR ADD: CIVILIZATION (bingo, bango, bongo)
Here is "A" version of the lyrics.

CIVILIZATION (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
Writers: Hilliard and Sigman

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
I don't wanna leave the Congo
Oh, no, no, no, no, no (no, no, no, no)
Bingle, Bangle, Bungle
I'm so happy in the jungle
And I'll tell you - so you will know;

Each morning a missionary advertized with neon signs
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages "holler" from bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see; Oh,

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
I don't wanna leave the Congo
Oh, no, no, no, no, 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'll make it clear
That no matter how they coax me
I'll stay right here;

Now I looked through a magazine, the missionary's wife concealed
I see the people who are civilized, bang you with automobiles
At the movies they have got to pay, many coconuts to see
Uncivilized pictures, that the news reels make of me; So

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
I don't wanna leave the Congo
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, (no, no, no, no)
They hurry and grab their kids together
Board an island train
And though it's smoky and it's crowded
They're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation
They hurry to vacation grounds
They swim and they fish
That's what I do all year 'round; So

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
I don't wanna leave the Congo
Oh, no, no, no, no, 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
Penthouse, uh!, tension
Street cars, taxies
We make it clear;

They have things like the Atom Bomb
So, I think I stay where I YAM (yaHm Rhymes with bomb)
Civilization, no, no, no, no
I stay right here.