Lyrics Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson

It's a Jungle Out There

One day Tarzan said to Jane while they were walking through the garden

'One thing I must explain before we go much farther'

'I know you'd like a bright new dress with a bright new yellow linin'

'But every time you want one darlin', I got to fight a lion'.

And it's a jungle out there

It's a jungle out there

There ain't no way around it

At least I've never found it

It's a jungle out there

It's a jungle out there.

Way back in the city, where the city people smile

Whenever they need a new pair of shoes, they don't kill no crocodile

And when the nighttime falls around them, they stay in their hotels

But out here, darlin', when the night time comes, there's nothin' to do but yell.

'Cause it's a jungle out there

You better say a prayer

Even if they eat you

And eventually they will

It's a jungle out there, ooh, you know.

One day Tarzan said to Jane : 'I want to talk to you about the boy'

'He's been actin' very strange lately, he thinks a tool's a toy'

'Why only yesterday while I was out there fixin' up the vine'

'He said: 'Dad, I'm gonna take a swing' - but he grabbed a hold of my vine, ow.

It's a jungle out there

Hey, you better beware

There ain't no way around it

At least I've never found it

It's a jungle out there

It's a jungle out there.

Now the moral of this story is if you end up out there too

Think of all them snakes you might have snaken up on you

But on the other hand, my darlin', you don't have to care

'Cause no matter how far, no matter how long, no matter how cold or fair

High or low, up or down, it's still a jungle out there.

It's a jungle out there

It's a jungle out there

There ain't no way around it

At least I've never found it

'Cause it's a jungle out there.