Civilization-Buffy Sainte-Marie

[00:09.00]each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign [00:14.15]he tells the native population that civilization is fine [00:20.81]and three educated savages holler from a bongo tree [00:27.22]that civilization is a thing for me to see [00:33.03]so bongo, bongo, bongo i don't want to leave the congo [00:36.67]oh no no no no no [00:39.70]bingle, bangle, bungle i'm so happy in the jungle i refuse to go [00:44.86]don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords [00:49.00]i make it clear [00:51.71]that no matter how they coax him [00:54.00]i'll stay right here [00:59.72]i looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed [01:05.41](magazine? what happens?) [01:07.49]i see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles [01:11.68](you know you can get hurt that way daniel) [01:13.00]at the movies they have to pay many coconuts to see [01:17.59](what do they see danny?) [01:19.73]uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me [01:23.92]so bongo, bongo, bong he don't want to leave the congo [01:29.23]oh no no no no no [01:32.01]bingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go [01:36.85]don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis [01:41.80]noise in my ear [01:44.33]so no matter how they coax him [01:46.69]i'll stay right here [01:52.27]they hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train [02:00.41]and though it's smoky and crowded they're too civilized to complain [02:04.86]when they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds [02:10.83](what do they do danny) [02:12.75]they swin and they fish but that's what i do all year round [02:18.51]so bongo, bongo, bongo i don't want to leave the congo [02:22.55]oh no no no no no [02:24.74]bingle, bangle, bungle i'm so happy in the jungle i refuse to go [02:30.59]don't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs [02:35.07]i've got my spear [02:36.89]so no matter how they coax him [02:39.76]i'll stay right here [02:44.22]they have things like the atom bomb [02:46.44]so i think i'll stay where i "om" [02:49.67]civilization, i'll stay right here