Alex Chilton - Dalai Lama lyrics

Up in Tibet high I the Himalayas There lives a cat called the Dalai Lama In a palace called the Potala A thousand rooms in a thousand colors She had a far-out decorator Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Each room is different and filled with relics That will disorient you like psychedelics 30 thousand monks at his direction Practicing things like astral projection Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Yeah, you know the Dalai Lama gets those monks together And leads them singing every Wednesday at the prayer meeting That's how he maintains the devotion of his followers You know, it kinda goes A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three… They pick a two year old and get him from his mama And take him to the palace to be the Dalai Lama I hear he never swats a mosquito That's cause he's a follower of Buddha Dalai Lama Dalai Lama He's the Dalai Lama