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)