Charango Lyrics

Tell me pablo
What's a charango
Is it some kind of monkey
Like a orangutan
And is it dangerous
Well it might be
Some kind of snake
That's gonna bite me
Is it a fruit
Like a mango

Or some kind of mexican food
Like chimichanga
Do you fry it
In garlic and oil
Or do you wrap it
In aluminum foil
Is it a dance
Like a tango
Or a brand of jeans
Like wrangler
Is it american made
Or imported
You know what I make
Can I afford it
It's a town in colorado
No that's durango
It's that fella with a big nose
No that's cyrano
De bergerac
Well I don't know
Tell me pablo
What's a charango

And pablo says . . .
A charango
Is a strange looking thing
Got the body of an armadillo
And the head of a mandolin
Looks like road kill with strings
You play it real fast
With a pick
All you guitar players
Gonna get your sorry asses kicked
It takes a real knack
And a supple wrist
To stick that armadillo back
In your chest
And pick it like this . . .
That's a charango

It ain't a monkey
That's an orangutan
No, it ain't a fruit
That's a mango
It ain't no Mexican food
That's chimichanga
It ain't a dance
That's a tango
It ain't a brand of jeans
That's wrangler
It ain't in Colorado
That's durango
It ain't that fella with a big nose
Who? cyrano de bergerac
So now you know
What's that?
That's a charango