Chordyes

Man Piaba

Man Piaba Lyrics by Harry Belafonte

Intro Verse When I Was A Lad Of Three-Foot-Three, Certain Questions Occurred To Me So I Asked Me Father Quite Seriously, To Tell Me The Story 'Bout The Bird And Bee He Stammered And He Stuttered Pathetically, And This Is What He Said To Me He Said, "The Woman Piaba And The Man Piaba, And The Ton Ton Call Baka Lemon Grass The Lily Root, Gully Root, Belly Root Uhmm, And The Famous Grandy Scratch Scratch Hook It Was Clear As Mud But It Covered The Ground The Confusion Made The Brain Go 'Round I Went And Ask A Good Friend Of Mine, Known To The World As Albert Einstein He Said "Son The Beginning Of Time And Creativity There Existed The Force Of Relativity Pi R Square And A Minus Means A Routine Only When, The Solar System In One Light Year Make The Hayden Planetarium Disappear, So If Mt Everest Doesn't Move I Am Positive That It Will Prove That The Woman Piaba And The Man Piaba, And The Ton Ton Call Baka Lemon Grass The Lily Root, Gully Root, Belly Root Uhmm, And The Famous Grandy Scratch Scratch Bridge Well I Traveled Far And I Traveled Wide, And I Don't Even Have Me Self A Bride All The Great Men Upon This Earth, Have Confused Me Since My Birth I've Been Over Land And Been Over Sea, Trying To Find Answer 'Bout The Bird And Bee But Now That I Am Ninety Three, I Don't Give A Darn You See Verse 2 If The Woman Piaba And The Man Piaba, And The Ton Ton Call Baka Lemon Grass The Lily Root, Gully Root, Belly Root Uhmm, And The Famous Grandy Scratch Scratch