He ain't no freak and he ain't no geek He is a star of Captain Midnight's traveling show He came to that circus many moons ago His mother's in your story book, she loved the jungle king Left him standing here alone inside the circus ring In a bamboo cage he crossed the raging sea A living page torn clear from history A hairy scary legendary screaming souvenir Don't you get too close to him Don't you get too near He's a wild man of Borneo The wild man of Borneo When we come to see What we want to see We come to see but we never come to know ♪ Now the tattooed lady left the circus train And lost all of her pictures in the rain He wonders if she's happy as the midway lights grow dim He wonders if she'll ever know the mark she left on him He's a wild man of Borneo The wild man of Borneo When we come to see What we want to see We come to see but we never come to know When you come to see What you want to see You come to see but you never come to know