Dan Reynolds
The Tale of Ben and Jackie
[Verse 1]
All the way back to 51
Ben and Jackie were on the run
Kept a map to a buried treasure
Won two tickets and a bottle of weapons
Ooh, it's dynamite
Sail on a boat to Africa
Stop for a visit with ol' King Tut
Traveled all across the Kalahari Desert
Slept on the base of the Kilimanjaro
Ooh, its dynamite
[Chorus]
Bang heard a crack in the middle of the night
Bang went the stick of dynamite
Oh, Jackie
What have you done?
"Hey!" said Ben, "Are you trying to kill me?"
Greedy ol' Jackie want the money for herself I'm sure
That's dynamite
Ba dalat doo dee a lee da dee do
Diddley bob a doo chick a chicka choo
And boom
Its dynamite
Biddaley boppa doo ah ba ding dong do
I could take you out if I really want to
Oh, Jackie what have you done?
[Verse 2]
Come this far no turning back
Ben won't cut you me just a little slack?
Giving me the ding when I try to kill you
Split this treasure and head on home
I'm sorry!
It's dynamite
All is well and that is that
Don't matter Jackie it's in the past
Fetch me a water from the deep deep well
There she went and there she fell!
Oh, Ben! What have you done?
[Chorus]
Bang heard a crack in the middle of the night
Bang went the stick of dynamite
Oh Ben
What have you done?
"Hey!" said Jackie, "Are you trying to kill me?"
Greedy ol' Ben want the treasure for himself I'm sure
That's dynamite
Ba dalat doo dee a lee da dee do
Diddley bob a doo chick a chicka choo
And boom
Its dynamite
Biddaley boppa doo ah ba ding dong do
I could take you out if I really want to
Oh no, what have you done?
[Verse 3]
Ben went off to the Kilaminjaro
Let Jackie dead and abandoned his sorrows
Jackie came down and followed suit
Hot on the trail of Ben and all his loot
And the dynamite
[Chorus]
Bang heard a crack in the middle of the night
Bang went the stick of dynamite
Oh no, what have you done?
"Hey!" said the mountain, "Are you trying to kill me?"
Greedy ol' people want the treasure for themselves I'm sure
That's dynamite
Ba dalat doo dee a lee da dee do
Diddley bob a doo chick a chicka choo
And boom
Its dynamite
Biddaley boppa doo ah ba ding dong do
I could take you out if I really want to
Oh, no, what have you done?
[Bridge]
Ben and Jackie got buried alive
With the treasure and the stick of dynamite
Oh no, what have you done?
Oh Ben and Jackie all buried alive
With the treasure and the stick of dynamite
Oh no, what have you done?
[Chorus]
Ba dalat doo dee a lee da dee do
Diddley bob a doo chick a chicka choo
And boom
Its dynamite
Biddaley boppa doo ah ba ding dong do
I could take you out if I really want to
OH NO, what have you done?