Tally Hall – Banana Man

(Ladies and gentleman Colonel PT Chester Whitmore is proud to present Bumbo Chungo and de Zimbabwe songbirds)

Do you see banana man
Hopping over on de white hot sand
Here he come with some for me
Freshly taken from banana tree

Banana man, me want a ton
Give me double and de bonus one
Give me more for all me friends
Dis banana flow will never end

Do you want a banana?
Peel it down and go
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Do you want a banana?
Dis banana for you

Tonight we dance around this flame
Den we get to play spirit game
Spirit names we shout out loud
Shake de thunder from de spirit cloud

All de songbirds in de tree
Chant a tune to let de spirits free
Den we see dem in de night
Spirits jumpin by de fire light

Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana)
Peel it down and go
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana)
Dis banana for you

Look you
You’re too uptight, you know
You can laugh and kick it back and go (weee)
But without a rhythm or a rhyme
You do not banana all de time
Fly away from city on de run
Try to make a little fun

Look you
Come to de bungalo
African’t you tell me told you so
Don’t you love de pumping of de drum
Make you shake until de bum go numb
Let de bongo play you till you drop
Dis banana never stop (never stop, never stop)

Forget all your troubles and go with de flow
Forget about whatever you may never know
Like whether whatever you are doing is whatever you should
And whether anything you do is every anything good
And den forget about banana when it sticks in your throat
And when dey make you wanna bellow but your stuck in a choke
And you forget about de yellow from de beckoning man
Who make you take another one and make a mock of your plan

Bungalay
Bungalow
Make up your mind
And tell me no

Well it’s nine o’clock
And it’s getting dark
And de sun is falling from de sky
I’ve never laughed so early
And you may wonder why

Tomorrow morning on de plane
No banana make you go insane
Floating back to busy town
No banana make you want to frown

Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana)
Peel it down and go
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Do you want a banana?
Dis banana for you

Prevod na srpski

Bananamen

(Dame i gospodo, pukovnik PT Čester Vitmor vam s ponosom predstavlja Bambo Čango i Zimbabvejske ptice pevačice)

Vidiš li Bananamena
kako skakuće po tom vrelom belom pesku
Evo ga malo za mene donosi
Sveže ubrano sa bananinog drveta

Bananamene, mi bismo hteli tonu
Daj mi duplo i jednu kao bonus
Daj mi još za sve drugove moje
Ovaj protok banana nikad se završiti neće

Želiš li bananu?
Oguli je i reci
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Želiš li bananu?
Ova banana za tebe

Večeras plešemo oko ovog plamena
Onda možemo da se igramo dozivanja duhova
Imena duhova glasno uzvikujemo
istresemo grmljavinu iz oblaka duhova

Sve ptice pevačice na drvetu
pevaju neku melodiju da oslobode duhove
Onda ih mi vidimo noću
Duhovi pored svetlosti vatre skakuću

Želiš li bananu? ( Želiš li bananu?)
Oguli je i reci
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Želiš li bananu? ( Želiš li bananu?)
Ova banana za tebe

Slušaj, ti
Ti si previše uštogljen, znaš
Možeš se smejati i opustiti se i krenuti (weee)
Ali bez ritma ili bez rime
za tebe nije banana svo vreme
Izleti iz grada u trku
Probaj da se zabaviš malo

Slušaj, ti
Dođi na bungalov
Afrikanac, reci mi: jesam ti rekao
zar ne uživaš u dozivanju bubnjeva
teraju te da se drmaš dok ti dupe ne utrne
nek ti bongo svira dok ne padneš
ova banana nikad ne prestaje (nikad ne prestaje, nikad ne prestaje)

Zaboravi sve svoje probleme i prepusti se
Zaboravi sve što možda nikad saznati nećeš
Kao npr. da li je to šta god bilo što radiš, išta što bi trebao
I da li je bilo šta što radiš svako išta dobro
A onda zaboravi bananu kada ti viri iz usta
I kada te nateraju da poželiš da urlikneš ali u grlu ti zastane
I zaboraviš na žuto kojim maše čovek sa zastavicom
Koji te natera da uzmeš još jedno i od tvog plana napravi sprdnju

Bungalej
Bungalov
Odluči se
I reci mi ne

Pa, sad je devet sati
I postaje mrak
a sunce pada s neba dole
Nikad se nisam tako rano smejao
i možda se pitaš zašto

Sutra ujutru u avionu
Nijedna banana neće te izludeti
dok budeš plutao u gradsku vrevu
nijedna banana neće te namrgoditi

Želiš li bananu? ( Želiš li bananu?)
Oguli je i reci
Mmm mmm mmm mmmm
Želiš li bananu?
Ova banana za tebe

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