Man Piaba
Harry Belafonte
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WGhen I was a lad of tChree-foot-three
CDertain questions occuGrred to me
So I aGsked me father quite sCeriously
To tDell me the story 'bout the bGird and bee D
He sGtammered and he stuttered patChetically
ADnd this is what he said to mGe
He said "The wGoman piaba and the mGan piaba
And the TGon Ton call baka lDemon grass
The lGily root gGully root bGelly root uChmm
And the fDamous grandy scratch scratch Gm
It was cGmlear as mud but it coCmvered the ground
And the cDonfusion made the bGrain go 'round
I wGent and ask a good fCriend of mine
KDnown to the world as AGlbert Einstein
He said "SBon
from the begGinning of time and creatCivity
TDhere existed the force of relatGivity
PGi r square and a mCinus ten
is a rDoutine only wGhen D
TGhe solar system in oCne light year
MD7ake the Hayden planetarium diGsappear
So iGf Mt Everest dCoesn't move
I am pD7ositive that it will prGove
That the wGoman piaba and the mGan piaba
And the TGon Ton call baka lDemon grass
The lGily root gGully root bGelly root uChmm
And the fDamous grandy scratch scratch Gm
IGmt was clear as mud but it cCovered the ground
ADnd the confusion made the bGrain go 'round
IG grabbed a boat and went aCbroad
ID7n Baden Baden asked SGigmund Freud
HGe said "Son from your sad face rCemove the grouch
PDut the body down up oGn the couch
IG can see from yCour frustration
aD neurotic sublimGation HDey!
LGove and hate is pCsychosomatic
YDour Rorsach shows that you're a pGeri pathetic
IGt all started with a bCroken sibling
ID7n the words of the famous RGudyard Kipling
He said "The wG7oman piaba and the mG7an piaba
And the TGon Ton call baka lDemon grass
The lGily root gGully root bGelly root uChmm
And the fDamous grandy scratch scratch Gm
WGell I traveled far and I tCraveled wide
ADnd I don't even have me sGelf a bride
AGll the great men uCpon this earth
HDave confused me since my bGirth D
IG've been over land and been oCver sea
TDrying to find answer 'bout the bGird and bee
BGut now that I am nCinety three
ID don't give a daGmn you see
If the wGoman piaba and the mGan piaba
And the TGon Ton call baka lDemon grass
The lGily root gGully root bGelly root uChmm
And the fDamous grandy scratch scratch G