Riki Tiki Tavi

Riki Tiki Tavi lyrics

Year1970
Duration2:55
Original languageEnglish
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Original lyrics

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Better get into what you gotta get into Better get into it now, no slacking please United Nations ain't really united And the organisations ain't really organised Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Everybody who read the Jungle Book Will know that Riki Tiki Tavi's a mongoose who kills snakes When I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations To kill my snakes for me I.E. the church, I.E. the government, I.E. school But when I got a little older I learned I had to kill them myself I said, Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Won't be coming around for to kill your snakes no more, my love Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone People walkin' around, they don't know what they're doing They been lost so long they don't know what they've been looking for Well, I know what I'm I looking for but I just can't find it I guess I gotta look inside of myself some more Oh oh oh inside of myself some more Come on now (baby) Oh oh oh inside of myself some more (baby) Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone Riki Tiki Tavi mongoose is gone I saw you today (On the number twelve bus) You were going my way Going my way (Going my way)