[00:09.36]Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign
[00:15.08]He tells the native population that civilization is fine
[00:21.21]And three educated savages holler from a bongo tree
[00:27.28]That civilization is a thing for me to see
[00:33.16]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo
[00:36.77]Oh no no no no no
[00:39.94]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go
[00:44.99]Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords
[00:49.38]I make it clear
[00:51.95]That no matter how they coax him
[00:54.50]I'll stay right here
[01:01.85]I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed
[01:05.60](Magazine? What happens?)
[01:07.76]I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles
[01:11.81](You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)
[01:13.84]At the movies they have to pay many coconuts to see
[01:17.98](What do they see Darling?)
[01:20.11]Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me
[01:25.13]So bongo, bongo, bong he don't want to leave the Congo
[01:29.49]Oh no no no no no
[01:32.68]Bingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go
[01:37.77]Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis
[01:42.02]Noise in my ear
[01:44.69]So no matter how they coax him
[01:47.08]I'll stay right here
[01:54.71]They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
[02:00.65]And though it's smoky and crowded they're too civilized to complain
[02:06.85]When they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds
[02:11.09](What do they do Danny)
[02:12.84]They swin and they fish but that's what I do all year round
[02:18.74]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo
[02:22.51]Oh no no no no no
[02:25.64]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go
[02:30.83]Don't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs
[02:35.14]I've got my spear
[02:37.87]So no matter how they coax him
[02:40.43]I'll stay right here
[02:44.13]They have things like the atom bomb
[02:47.32]So I think I'll stay where I own
[02:50.22]Civilization, I'll stay right here

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 want to 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
(Magazine? What happens?)
I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles
(You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)
At the movies they have to pay many coconuts to see
(What do they see Darling?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me
So bongo, bongo, bong he don't want to 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 smoky and crowded they're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds
(What do they do Danny)
They swin and they fish but that's what I do all year round
So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to 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 own
Civilization, I'll stay right here