why do they run about ( run about) Wildebeest baby,
when they run around
their horns pointing down
and then worst of all, (worst of all)
they never fall baby, when the lions come ( lions come)
to eat one, be filled,
may be two, maybe two,
take the old and the yearlings,
eat horns and hoofs and the heart
the wildebeest, (wildebeest) run from the start

mum was way overdue, she said "i'm having a gnu and it's late"
she turned around and then ( bah dah dah)
when the baby then fell, like thompson's gazelle
not a gnu... it looked around and then..

(hey hey hey) baby baby, horn hoofs and mind,
(hey hey hey) we have no time, the lions will find
(hey hey hey) you were just born
they'll be outside as we roam waiting for you
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo

why do they run about ( run about) Wildebeest baby,
when they run around
their horns pointing down
and then worst of all, (worst of all)
they never fall baby, when the lions come ( lions come)
to eat one, be filled,
may be two, maybe two,
take the old and the yearlings,
eat horns and hoofs and the heart
the wildebeest, (wildebeest) run from the start

mum was way overdue, she said "i'm having a gnu and it's late"
she turned around and then ( bah dah dah)
when the baby then fell, like thompson's gazelle
not a gnu... it looked around and then..

you are a calf and your size is just half what you need
if you eat grass, you'll grow, (bah dah dah)
you were untrue, gestating like a gnu, we adore
but we forgive you so

why do they run about ( run about) Wildebeest baby,
when they run around
their horns pointing down
and then worst of all, (worst of all)
they never fall baby, when the lions come ( lions come)
to eat one, be filled,
may be two, maybe two,
take the old and the yearlings,
eat horns and hoofs and the heart
the wildebeest, (wildebeest) run from the start

why breed gnus? ( why breed gnus?) more than wildebeest, darling
know what I like from the start
a wildebeest, (wildebeest) runs around, right from the start