Violent Femmes - I Could Be Anything lyrics

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 d**h 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 k** 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, putrifying the air He blazed such fearful fires, people thought I was dead But my courage [?] 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 poop 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