Original by Kinky Friedman
Capo 2nd fret
INTRO
C G F C
Spoken: But he ain't no freak, and I'm shure, he ain't no geek.
VERSE 1
C F
He's the star of Captain Midnite's travelin' show
C F
He came to that circus many moons ago.
F C F
His mother's in your storybook, she loved a jungle king,
C G
Left him standin' there alone inside the center ring.
VERSE 2
C F
In a bamboo cage he crossed the ragin' sea,
C F
A livin' page torn clean from history.
F C F
A hairy, scary, legendary screamin' souvenir,
C G
Don't you get too close to him, don't you get too near.
CHORUS
F C
He's the wild man from Borneo,
E F
The wild man from Borneo.
C G
We come to see what we wanna see,
F C
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
INSTRUMENTAL
F C E F C G F C
VERSE 3
C F
The tattooed lady left the circus train
C F
Lost all her pictures in the rain.
F C F
He wonders if she's happy, as the midway lights grow dimmed
C G
He wonders if she'll ever know the mark she left on him.
CHORUS
F C
He's the wild man from Borneo,
E F
The wild man ...
C G
We come to see what we wanna see,
F C
Ah, we come to see but we never come to know.
C G
You come to see what you want to see,
F C
Ah, you come to see, but you never come to know.
G F C
