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