Somewhere up town late last night around 9 o'clock
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There was a black snake crawling up the
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Latin American stairs
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With his
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Slicked
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Black
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Cockroachair
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He was greasy lightning
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He was looking for someone else
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He said "I know you, you know me, heyheylezzosee.....
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I'm in the Mood to Mambo..."
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Yeah Bongo Crazy man.
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Someone else pulled out a gun and said
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"It's a little too late for that sort of thing...
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If you think that you're the white/black snake don't go messing with me...
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I'm not in the mood"
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Somebody else pulled,
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I said "Don't be rude....just say Bongo Crazy man"
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Yah...been there
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Done that
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given every tit-for-tat
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I'm for me
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You're for you
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Let's keep it that way
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Okay??
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Meanwhile
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Later on underneath the river
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Some frogman slipped
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On his black beret
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Over his skin
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Tight rubbersuit.
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Black boots
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Looking for a place to go
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An dive
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Heading for the nearest divers skive
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Looking for love
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On the cheap rate
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Go!
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Gonna make it down
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with you wan
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D'ja see?
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He said
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"Crazy bongo
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I'm in the Mood to Mambo"
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Meanwhile
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We can watch the come
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Dancing competitions
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From the Midlands International Danceband Orchestra.
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Lifting up their frilly chiffon skirts
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They whirled and they twirled
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In the late night rustle
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To the beat of the muscle
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Of the drum man
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Inanin
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he's picking up the beat on the bongo skin
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He was lookin for love underneath that din.
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He was looking for me
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He was looking for you
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Till I walked up to the woman
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And I said
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(with a shoe)
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I'm in the mooooood tooooooo mambo
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Bongo Crazy
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sssshhhh....
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Let me into one of the secrets of this place
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Y'see thelate night
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Flick knives
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glitter through the window
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Careful where you go boy
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Those knives are
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Flick
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Flack
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Flagging through the dark, man
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They're gonna cut
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your
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skin
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I talked to Fr. Murphy and he swore he wouldn't tell
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But some of those boys are gonna go to hell
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See they're in the Mood to Mambo
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Crazy Bongo
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cha cha cha
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The fog horns scream
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And the boys go "Woo Woo"
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I don't mind
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Cos I'm with you
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We go bongo crazy
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Yes we do
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No we don't
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Bongo crazy!!
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*written by Bob Geldof / Pete Briquette
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*taken from the album Mondo Bongo
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Mood Mambo
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Boomtown Rats |