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 and'em to beat the band
South america, baba-loo, baba-loo, ay-ee-eh, baba-loo
one favor you can do, ay-ee-eh, you can do
you beautiful lands below
donand't know what you began
to put it plainly, iand'm tired of shakinand'
to that pan-american plan
Take back your samba, ay!, your rumba, ay!, your conga, ay-yi-yi!
i canand't keep movinand', ay!, my chassis, ay!, any longer, ay-yi-yi!
now maybe latins, ay!, in their middles, ay!, are built stronger, ay-yi-yi!
but all this takinand' to the quakinand' and this makinand' with the shakinand' leaves me achinand', olé!
First shake around and settle there
then you shake around and settle here
then you shake around and settle there
thatand's enough, thatand's enough
take it back, my spineand's outta-whack
thereand's a strange click-clack
in the back of my sacroilliac
Take back your conga, ay!, your samba, ay!, your rumba, ay-yi-yi!
why canand't you send us, ay!, a less strenu-, ay!, -ous number, ay-yi-yi!
i got more bumps now, ay!, than on a, ay!, cucumber, ay-yi-yi!
while all those latin drums are cloppinand', like a jumpinand' jack iand'm hoppinand' without stoppinand', 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!)
thatand's enough, thatand's enough
take it back, my spineand's outta-whack
thereand's a strange click-clack
in the back of my sacroilliac
oh, my achinand' back
Take back your conga, ay!, your samba, ay!, your rumba, ay-yi-yi!
bring back the old days, ay!, of dancing i remember, ay-yi-yi!
my hips are cracking, i am shrieking andquot;ay-carumba!andquot;, ay-yi-yi!
i got a wriggle and a diddle and a jiggle like a fiddle in my middle, olé!
this fancy swishinand' 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!
