Original by Kinky Friedman
Capo 2nd fret
[INTRO]
Spoken: But he ain t no freak, and I m shure, he ain t no geek.
[VERSE 1]
He s the star of Captain Midnite s travelin show
He came to that circus many moons ago.
His mother s in your storybook, she loved a jungle king,
Left him standin there alone inside the center ring.
[VERSE 2]
In a bamboo cage he crossed the ragin sea,
A livin page torn clean from history.
A hairy, scary, legendary screamin souvenir,
Don t you get too close to him, don t you get too near.
[CHORUS]
He s the wild man from Borneo,
The wild man from Borneo.
We come to see what we wanna see,
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[VERSE 3]
The tattooed lady left the circus train
Lost all her pictures in the rain.
He wonders if she s happy, as the midway lights grow dimmed
He wonders if she ll ever know the mark she left on him.
[CHORUS]
He s the wild man from Borneo,
The wild man ...
We come to see what we wanna see,
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
You come to see what you want to see,
Ah, you come to see, but you never come to know.
