Riki Tiki Tavi

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Better get into what you got to get into Better get into it now, no slacking please United Nations ain't really united And the organisations ain't really organised [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Everybody who read The Jungle Book knows 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 'em myself (I said, I hate to get 'em) [Chorus] 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 [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] People walkin' around They don't know what they're doin' They been lost so long They don't know what they're lookin' for Well, I know what I'm a-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 (Oh, baby) Come on, now Oh, oh, oh, inside of myself some more (Oh, baby) [Chorus] Riki Tiki Tavi, mongoose, is gone Riki Tiki Tavi, mongoose, is gone Riki Tiki Tavi, mongoose, is gone Riki Tiki Tavi, mongoose, is gone (Last time, now) [Outro] I saw you today On the number twelve bus You were going my way (Going my way)