Those Conga Drums

Those Conga Drums - Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers

Written by：Jonathan Richman

That's right oh

That's right oh

That's right oh

That's right oh

That's right oh

Well down by the beach you know every day

That's when the conga drums start to play

Their boom boom and thrum thrum

At first that sound seemed kind of dumb

Those conga drums

When I was lonely back in '73

Those conga drums

That's when the conga drums spoke to me

Those conga drums

I was kind of poor I didn't have much choice

It was just those drums and the human voice

Well boom boom boom and a thrum thrum

Oh I kinda like them conga drums

Floating all around

On the bum

That's when I got used to conga drums

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Down by the beach you know around six o'clock

That's when the conga drums start to rock

Eight or nine guys playing all in a row

Then somebody leaves because he's got to go

Those conga drums

Well now there are nine playing all in a row

Those conga drums

Then someone leaves because he's got to go

Those conga drums

I gotta like the beats with these here conga drums

'Cause the teen gang's standing by the old wine bums

Well I was kind of lonely kind of thin 'round the middle

I took down my guard and loosened up just a little

Floating all around

On the bum

That's when I got used to conga drums

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right

Oh that's right