Intro: verse 1 Better get into what you gotta get into Better get into it now no slacking please United Nations ain’t really united And the organisations ain’t really organised Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Won’t be coming around for to kill your snakes no more my love Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone verse 2 Everybody who read the Jungle Book knows that Riki tiki tavi’s a mongoose who kills snakes When I was a young man I was led to believe there were organisations to kill my snakes for me Ie the church ie the government ie school But when I got a little older I learned I had to kill them myself (I said) Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Won’t be coming around for to kill your snakes no more my love Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Bridge      verse 3 People walk around they don’t know what they’re doing They been lost so long they don’t know what they’ve been looking for Well I know what I’m a-looking for but I just can’t find it I guess I gotta look inside of myself some more Oh oh oh inside of myself some more Oh oh oh inside of myself some more Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Riki tiki tavi mongoose is gone Outro I saw you today on a number twelve Bus you were going my way My way