Take the summer, think it over
Not for all the tea in china
Could I be trapped inside a cell

Don’t put me in a cage
You wild-eyed buccaneers
This dull affair is over

Though she will be sorely missed,
Baby fell for an imperialist
I’d like to go meet her
But I fell like an intruder
Every time I touch her
You wild eyed buccaneers – oh no don’t go

Out on safari, doing what you like
When you’re out on safari, you’re out on safari to stay

Did you ever hear an elephant sneeze?
Did you ever see your girl friend shave
Help save the mega fauna!

There’s more, I fear, to this murky business
I left my home for a series of lunches
I said I’m going to move anywhere but here

Don’t put me in a cage
You wild-eyed buccaneers
Who traipse through the jungle
Can you ever phone your mothers

When you’re out on safari, doing what you like
out on safari, you’re out on safari to stay
You’re really out on safari
On sabbatical from the world