Civilization Bongo Bongo Bongo Lyrics

Civilization Bongo Bongo Bongo lyrics

Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign
He tells the native
population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages holler from
a bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see

So bongo,
bongo, bongo, I don't wanna 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
bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
That no
matter how they coax him, 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 bung you with automobile (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, Darling?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of
me

So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no
no
Bingo, 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, 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 (What do they do, Darling?)
They
swim and they fish, but 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
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

They have things like the atom bomb, so I think
I'll stay where I "ahm"
Civilization, I'll stay right here!