In the jungle I can smell the tiger's breath
But if I get too close that cat will shred me to death
In the forest I can smell those chimpanzees
But if I let them see me they'll chew up my knees
The beasts are coming home
The animals of the world
We watch them cry
We cannot let them
Suffer and die
(A million monkeys follow me
Swinging through the mango trees)
The animals of the world
We love them so
We cannot sit
And let them go
If life on earth is lost to us I'll slit my throat
I simply cannot live without those little baby goats
If everything alive up and went away
I'd become the president, to hell with LBJ
The beasts are coming home
The animals of the world
We want their love
We think that they are angels
From the lord above
(We cannot let them die in vain
Or else mankind will go insane)
The animals of the world
They touch our souls
We cannot let the president
Achieve his goals
The animals of the world
The animals of the world
The animals of the world
The animals of the world