Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.

His Daddy worked for the CIA (hey Bongo).
His Daddy said: “Son, ya gotta do it my way,” (hey Bongo).
B-b-but Bongo Boy ‘im had other plans (hey Bongo).
So ‘im slipped outta town: punker, grunge-rock, band-boy.

Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.

Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo Yea-ah.

Then Bongo Boy ‘im shave ‘is head (hey Bongo).
‘Im dyed his eyebrows green, then red (hey Bongo).
‘Im pierced his nose, nipples, pimples too (hey Bongo).
Check out his phat-phreak, double-cheek, butt-tattoo.

Hey Bongo, Yea-ah.

Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo Bongo Bongo Yea-ah.
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo-Bongo!

Then Bongo Boy met Bongo Girl, ‘neath
wine-dark seas of stars they rocked each other’s world.
But, like all things, this too
would pass: no more summer tours, no
more tee-shirt cash.

In another town on another day (hey Bongo), we checkin’
Bongo Boy plannin’ his next play (hey Bongo), sayin’:
“Hey Mister, maybe
there’s somethin’ else, maybe
there’s somethin’ else I can do with my life,” sayin’
“Hey Mister, maybe
there’s somethin’ else, maybe
there’s somethin’ else I can do to find a wife,” sayin’
“Hey Mister, maybe
there’s somethin’ else, maybe
there’s somethin’ else I can do to get my price,” sayin’
“Hey Mister, maybe
there’s somethin’ else, maybe
there’s somethin’ else, maybe there’s somethin’ else.”

Then Bongo Boy ‘im quit the band-scene, (hey Bongo).
‘Im joined a Band O’ Gypsies livin’ hand-to-mouth mean, (hey Bongo).
Ah-see ‘im on the corner, he will play for you, (hey Bongo), sayin’:
“Hey Mister, can
you spare a buck or two”, or
“Hey Mister, maybe
there’s somethin’ else I can do for you … like:
Do the Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah!”

Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah. hey Bongo Boy, hey
Bongo, hey Bongo Boy: Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.
(Well, ya gotta make a livin’ now Bongo Boy)
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
(Well, ya gotta make a livin’ now Bongo Boy)
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.
(Well, ya gotta make a livin’ now Bongo Boy)
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
(Well, ya gotta make a livin’ now Bongo Boy)
Hey Bongo Boy, hey Bongo, hey Bongo Boy
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, Yea-ah.
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo!!!