I Could Be Anything - Violent Femmes

Oh, I could be this or I could be that

I could pull an elephant out of a hat

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king

I could be anything

I am at occidental in the land of dragon’s breath

Where they are not ornamental but are real as life or death

Where they terrorize the populists, the people point with fear

For dragons have no thoughtfulness, their egos are severe

My name is Bongo and I may be small

I am the bravest man of them all

I’ll fight the fearful dragon, I’ll kill him with my sword

I always fight big dragons, especially when I’m bored

I met him in the open to fight him fair and square

His mouth he held wide open, putrefying the air

He blazed such fearful fires, people thought I was dead

But my courage engine fires and I chopped off his head

Oh, I could do this or I could do that

I could pull an elephant out of a hat

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king

I could do anything

The people they all cheered and they gave out quite a whoop

For the dragon they had feared had been turned to dragon soup

We partied all day and we partied all night

They held a royal festival where the king made me a knight

Thy name was Bongo but that no more shall stay

You once were simply Bongo but now my Knight today

Sir Bongo, I now dub thee

Sir Bongo for all eternity

Thy name shall be Sir Bongo

The following peace and devotional was solemn and sublime

The king got all emotional and he said «All I have is Thine

Take my only daughter, the princess fair

And with all my treasure you’ll make a royal pair

She’s so beautiful and so true, she will be your bride

To have a son-in-law like you would give me great pride

And now I can begin with my retirement plan

Now I know the kingdom rests in your sure hands»

Now from the mountains to the plains, the Mississippi to the Congo

The whole world knows the name of the of the g-g-g-good King Bongo

Now from the mountains to the plains, Mississippi to the Congo

The whole world knows the name of the of the great Sir King Bongo

The great King Bongo

I could do this or I could be that

I could pull an elephant out of a hat

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king

I could do anything

Oh, I could do this or I could do that

I could put that elephant right back in his hat

I could slay a dragon or I could be a king

I could be anything

I could be anything

I could be anything

Bongo