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Bonobo Wanabee

Original text Bonobette Noire
Adapted words and music © copyright 2004 Holly Tannen

I wanna be a bonobo
It's a bonobo life for me
I wanna be a bonobo
I'm a bonobo wanabee

We hang around around the trees
And sit on one another's knees
And search for nits and ticks and fleas
A bonobo life for me.

I wanna be a bonobo
It's a bonobo life for me
A bonafide bonobo
I'm a bonobo wanabee

We nest up in the trees at night
And fondle everything in sight
We hardly ever have to fight
It's a bonobo life for me.

I wanna be a bonobo
A bonobo life for me
A born-again bonobo
I'm a bonobo wanabee

You can harangue an orangutan
You can moon a baboon
But I wanna be a bonobo
And croon a bonobo tune.

Come over here Mama Bonobo
And sit on your Daddy's knee
Do you wanna bonobo
Bonobo a bit with me?

And if we do bonobo
I will not charge a fee
I'll do it pro bonobo
I'm a bonobo wanabee

You can thrill a gorilla
Make free with a chimpanzee
But I wanna be a bonobo
I'm a bonobo wanabee.

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