South America Take It Away

Up here in the land of the hot-dog stand
The atom bomb and the Good Humor Man
We think our South American neighbors are grand
We love 'em to beat the band

South America, baba-loo, baba-loo, ay-ee-eh, baba-loo
One favor you can do, ay-ee-eh, you [A7can do
You beautiful lands below
Don't know what you [A7began
To put it plainly, I'm tired of shakin'
To that Pan-American plan

Take back your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay!, your Conga, ay-yi-yi!
I can't keep movin', ay!, my [A]chassis, ay!, any longer, ay-yi-yi!
Now maybe [Am]Latins, ay!, in their middles, ay!, are built stɾonger, ay-yi-yi!
But all [Em]this takin' to [C7]the quakin' and [Bm]this makin' with the shakin' leaves me achin', olé!

First shake around and [Bm]settle there
Then you [A7shake around and [Bm]settle here
Then you [A7shake around and [Bm]settle there
That's enough, that's enough
Take it back, my [A]spine's outta-whack
There's a stɾange click-clack
In the back of my [A]sacroilliac

Take back your Conga, ay!, your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay-yi-yi!
Why can't you [A7send us, ay!, a less stɾenu-, ay!, -ous number, ay-yi-yi!
I got [Fm7]more bumps now, ay!, than on [C7]a, ay!, cucumber, ay-yi-yi!
While all [Em]those Latin drums are cloppin', like [F]a Jumpin' Jack I'm hoppin' without stoppin', olé!
South America, take it away

First you [A7shake around and [Bm]settle there (where?)
Then you [A7shake around and [Bm]settle here (oh, there)
And then you [A7shake around and [Bm]settle there (why Bing!)
That's enough, that's enough
Take it back, my [A]spine's outta-whack
There's a stɾange click-clack
In the back of my [A]sacroilliac
Oh, my [A]achin' back

Take back your Conga, ay!, your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay-yi-yi!
Bring back the old days, ay!, of dancing I ɾemember, ay-yi-yi!
My hips are cracking, I am shrieking "Ay-Carumba!", ay-yi-yi!
I got [Fm7]a wriggle and [Bm]a diddle and [Bm]a jiggle like [F]a fiddle in my [A]middle, olé!
This fancy swishin' imposition [C7]wears out all [Em]of my [A]tɾansmission [C7]ammunition, olé!
Though I like [F]neighborly ɾelations all [Em]these crazy new gyrations tɾy my [A]patience, olé!
South America, take it away!