i m like a ring tailed monkey a hangin from a bamboo tree i m like a native in the jungle as restless as i can be and if i hear you stalkin through the grass i wanna get a message to you fast i m gonna pick up a log and a beat out my love for you i m like an apeman tarzan swingin from a long great vine and i m a lookin for you so that i can make you mine i would climb on a tree so good and high then let out with that tarzan cry then i pick up a log and a beat out my love for you well now that i m in the jungle i ll do as the natives do i ll do things their way and act like it s nothing new and if i see you sittin in a cool glade i m gonna make the loudest sound ever made cause i m gonna pick up a log and a beat out my love for you well i m gonna pick up a log and a beat out my love for you yeah beat out my love for you oh yeah yeah yeah honey you know i m gonna beat out my love for you