Civilization

[00:08.64] Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign

[00:15.36] He tells the native population that civilization is fine

[00:20.88] And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree

[00:27.37] That civilization is a thing for me to see

[00:33.13] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the congo, oh no no no no no

[00:39.12] Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go

[00:45.37] Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear

[00:51.62] (That no matter how they coax him) I'll stay right here

[01:01.88] I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed

[01:05.88] (Magazine, what happens)

[01:07.88] I see how people who are civilized bung you with automobile

[01:11.62] (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)

[01:13.88] At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see

[01:17.89] (What do they see, darling)

[01:20.60] Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me

[01:25.37] So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't want to leave the congo, oh no no no no no

[01:31.39] Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go

[01:37.62] Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear

[01:43.87] (So, no matter how they coax him) I'll stay right here

[01:54.14] They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train

[01:58.87] And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain

[02:05.13] When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground

[02:11.13] (What do they do, darling)

[02:13.13] They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round

[02:18.86] So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the congo, oh no no no no no

[02:24.38] Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go

[02:30.38] Don't want no jailhouse, (shotgun) fish hooks (golf clubs) I got my spears

[02:37.14] (So, no matter how they coax him) I'll stay right here

[02:44.13] They have things like the atom bomb (so I think I'll stay where I am)

[02:50.12] Civilization, I'll stay right here