i could be anything

Singer:violent femmes

oh

i could be this or i could be that

i could pull an elephant out of a hat

i could slay a dragon or i could be a king

i could be anything

i am at occidental in the land of dragon's breath

where they are not ornamental but are real as life or death

where they terrorize the populists

the people point with fear

for dragons have no thoughtfulness

their egos are severe

my name is bongo and i may be small

i am the bravest man of them all

i'll fight the fearful dragon

i'll kill him with my sword

i always fight big dragons

especially when i'm bored

i met him in the open to fight him fair and square

his mouth he held wide open

putrefying the air

he blazed such fearful fires

people thought i was dead

but my courage engine fires and i chopped off his head

oh

i could do this or i could do that

i could pull an elephant out of a hat

i could slay a dragon or i could be a king

i could do anything

the people they all cheered and they gave out quite a whoop

for the dragon they had feared had been turned to dragon poop

we partied all day and we partied all night

they held a royal festival where the king made me a knight

thy name was bongo but that no more shall stay

you once were simply bongo but now my knight today

sir bongo

i now dub thee

sir bongo for all eternity

thy name shall be sir bongo

the following peace and devotional was solemn and sublime

the king got all emotional and he said all i have is thine

Lyric Context: i could be anything - violent femmes