Key: G
Introduction:
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It's a blue, blue jungle
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Ev'ry vine, ev'ry tree
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Yes, it's a blue, blue jungle
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Not like it used to be
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Because my little buddy
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My little Mowgli's far from me
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An' I got the misery
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Oh, they civilized my mancub
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Washed his face and combed his hairâ??sticky gooey stuff, yeah
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They civilized my mancub
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Gave him way-out clothes to whereâ??nowhere
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They're messin' with my Mowgli
And he would've made one swell bear
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Oh, I'm on the road to ruin
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Stewin' 'bout him night 'n day
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Yes, I'm just a broodin' bruin
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Stewin' while I'm turnin' gray
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I've got to have my mancub
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Gotta get him back here right awayâ??someway
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And if anybody tries to stop me
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He better bring all the help he can
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Hear me talkin' to ya
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I said if anybody tries to stop me
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He gonna get a one-way ticket to the promised land
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I'm preachin' now
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'Cause I'm gonna cave in his casaba
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I'm gonna pull it off
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And then lay it in his hand
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I've got those sad-about-'im
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Can't-live-without-'im
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Baloo blues