Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)

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 wanna 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, I'll stay right here

I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed

I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles

At the movies, they have got to pay many coconuts to see

Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels takes of me

So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't wanna 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, I'll stay right here

They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train

And though, it's smokey and crowded, they're too civilized to complain

When they've got 2 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 wanna 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 jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs

I've got my spear, 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 am

Civilization, I'll stay right here