Lyrics Civilization - Manu Lafer

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

Oh bongo, bongo, bongo
I don't want to 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 me
I 'll stay right here

I look through a magazine the missionary's wife's concealed
I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobile
At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see
Uncivilized pictures that the camera takes of me

Oh 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 penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis
Noise in my ear
So, no matter how they coax me
I'll stay right here

They hurry like savages to get aboard a subway 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 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
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 me
I'll stay right here

They have things like the atom bomb
So I think I'll stay where I om
Civilization, I'll stay right here!