"Gorilla" is a song from Warren Zevon's first album, Wanted Dead or Alive.
About the Song[]
The song is about a hunter entering the jungle to try and hunt gorillas. It is one of the most simplistic lyrically of all the songs Zevon made in his career. Jordan Zevon once commented "Dad had obsessions with certain things. He had an obsession with gorillas, and he had an obsession with skulls. There was a plastic gorilla thing that had wire-rimmed glasses on, and he had a song called, 'Gorilla', on his first album, Wanted Dead or Alive". A gorilla was also the subject of the Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School song, "Gorilla, You're a Desperado".
Song Lyrics[]
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Jungle telephone
Ding a dong ding ding _____ with a red mud
Ching a chong ching ching
Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling
Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling
Great white hunter
He shoot gun gun
Country boy baboon
Him go run run
Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling
Gorilla go bang bang ____________ling ling
Get Back Gorilla!!!!!!