South America, Take It Away

Up here in the land of the hot dog stand



The atom bomb and the Good Humor Man



We think our South American neighbors are grand



We love 'em to beat the band



South America, babaloo, babaloo, ayyiyi, babaloo



One favor you can do, ayyiyi, you can do



You beautiful lands below, don't know what you began



To put it plainly, I'm tired of shakin'



To that Pan American plan



Take back your Samba, ay, your Rumba, ay, your Conga, ayyiyi



I can't keep movin', ay, my chassis, ay, any longer, ayyiyi



Now maybe Latins, ay, in their middles, ay, are built stronger, ayyiyi



But all this takin' to the quakin' and this makin' with the shakin'



Leaves me achin', olé



First shake around and settle there



Then you shake around and settle here



Then you shake around and settle there



That's enough, that's enough, take it back



My spine's outta whack, there's a strange click, clack



In the back of my Sacroiliac



Take back your Conga, ay, your Samba, ay, your Rumba, ayyiyi



Why can't you send us, ay, a less strenu, ay, ous number, ayyiyi?



I got more bumps now, ay, than on a, ay, cucumber, ayyiyi



While all those Latin drums are cloppin'



like a Jumpin' Jack I'm hoppin' Without stoppin', olé



South America take it away



First you shake around and settle there, where?



Then you shake around and settle here, oh, there



And then you shake around and settle there, why Bing?



That's enough, that's enough, take it back



My spine's outta whack, there's a strange click clack



In the back of my Sacroiliac, oh, my achin' back



Take back your Conga, ay, your Samba, ay, your Rumba, ayyiyi



Bring back the old days, ay, of dancin', I remember, ayyiyi



My hips are crackin' ay, I am shriekin' "Ay Carumba", ayyiyi



I got a wriggle and a diddle and a jiggle like a fiddle

in my middle, olé



This fancy swishin' imposition wears out



All of my transmission Ammunition, olé



Though I like neighborly relations all these crazy new gyrations



Try my patience, olé, South America, take it away