Please Don't Send Me To Africa

<p>O Lord, I am Your willing servant<br/>You know that I have been for years<br/>I&#x27;m here in this pew every Sunday and Wednesday<br/>I&#x27;ve stained it with many a tear<br/>I&#x27;ve given You years of my service<br/>And I&#x27;ve always given my best<br/>And I&#x27;ve never asked You for anything much<br/>So, Lord, I deserve this request<br/><br/>Please don&#x27;t send me to Africa<br/>I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve got what it takes<br/>I&#x27;m just a man, I&#x27;m not a Tarzan<br/>I don&#x27;t like lions, gorillas or snakes<br/>I&#x27;ll serve You here in suburbia<br/>In my comfortablе middle class life<br/>But pleasе don&#x27;t send me out into the bush<br/>Where the natives are restless at night<br/>I&#x27;ll see that the money is gathered<br/>I&#x27;ll see that the money is sent<br/>I&#x27;ll wash and stack the communion cups<br/>I&#x27;ll tithe eleven percent<br/>I&#x27;ll volunteer for the nursery<br/>I&#x27;ll go on the youth group retreat<br/>I&#x27;ll usher, I&#x27;ll deacon, I&#x27;ll go door to door<br/>Just let me keep warming this seat<br/><br/>Please don&#x27;t send me to Africa<br/>I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve got what it takes<br/>I&#x27;m just a man, I&#x27;m not a Tarzan<br/>I don&#x27;t like lions, gorillas or snakes<br/>I&#x27;ll serve You here in suburbia<br/>In my comfortable middle class life<br/>But please don&#x27;t send me out into the bush<br/>Where the natives are restless at night<br/><br/>Please don&#x27;t send me to Africa<br/>I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve got what it takes<br/>I&#x27;m just a man, I&#x27;m not a Tarzan<br/>I don&#x27;t like lions, gorillas or snakes<br/>I&#x27;ll serve You here in suburbia<br/>In my comfortable middle class life<br/>But please don&#x27;t send me to the ends of the earth<br/>Where the natives are restless at night