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I Like Chinese Lyrics

Artist: Monty Python
Album: Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album

The world today seems absolutely crackers,
With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high.
There's fools and idiots sitting on the trigger.
It's depressing and it's senseless, and that's why...
I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They only come up to your knees,
Yet they're always friendly, and they're ready to please.

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
There's nine hundred million of them in the world today.
You'd better learn to like them; that's what I say.

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They come from a long way overseas,
But they're cute and they're cuddly, and they're ready to please.

I like Chinese food.
The waiters never are rude.
Think of the many things they've done to impress.
There's Maoism, Taoism, I Ching, and Chess.

So I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their yin, and yang-ese.

I like Chinese thought,
The wisdom that Confucious taught.
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
The Chinese will survive us all without any doubt.

So, I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They only come up to your knees,
Yet they're wise and they're witty, and they're ready to please.

All together.

[verse in Chinese]
Wo ai zhongguo ren. (I like Chinese.)
Wo ai zhongguo ren. (I like Chinese.)
Wo ai zhongguo ren. (I like Chinese.)
Ni hao ma; ni hao ma; ni hao ma; zaijien! (How are you; how are you; how are you; goodbye!)

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
Their food is guaranteed to please,
A fourteen, a seven, a nine, and lychees.

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their yin, and yang-ese.

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They only come up to your knees...

Comments/Interpretations
by Monty on 5/19/2008 2:59pm greatest song in the universe
by monty python on 6/7/2008 8:30am thnx all partners for making the lyrics...i appreciate it...
by ponty mython on 6/25/2008 6:58am yeah yeah yeah
by dhdhj on 7/23/2008 11:19am My Grandpa was chinese this song sucks
by God on 8/7/2008 10:24pm get over yourself dhdhj, i decree you an ass. this song extremely true.
by stoneloach on 8/9/2008 1:16pm Come on China, this has to be your new national anthem.
by april-ashlee on 8/11/2008 10:43pm has anybody realised that Bing Lee (Australia) uses the tune from this song as their theme tune? I like Bing Lee I like Bing Lee Their prices are very low you see..... Perfect example of turning a potentially offensive thing to make a profit. So Ironic, I love it!
by gook200 on 8/18/2008 11:35pm i'm chinese (background) and i think this song is a pisser, ppl need to relax and see the funny side of things!
by Hunter on 9/7/2008 8:41pm People who think this song is rude should go jump in a lake:)
by eViLegion on 9/22/2008 11:58am It is obviously not meant to be insulting. He's rather flattering (in a jokey way) and points out many great features of Chinese culture. Only trouble is, China is sitting on the triggers of a number of nuclear weapons, so the opening premise of the song is void! =P
by Tibberlichus Nippercus on 10/28/2008 8:10pm I don't think this is intended as an insult. Bare in mind that Monty Python makes fun of a lot of different people (including themselves and their own culture and politics) and they do so for the purpose of entertainment. Clearly there are some racial stereotypes here, but they are intended to make us laugh and not to make us hate.
by josh morgan on 11/14/2008 5:55am Illiterate lil thingies
by Handle on 11/29/2008 12:37am Well, the song makes me like Chinese people even more than I do already, which is difficult, because I think being Chinese is great anyway. A friend just played the actual record for me recently, now I can't get it out of my head. Seriously, I DO like Chinese [but zen and bonsai ain't chinese!] Sorry to quibble. Otherwise, it's great.
by KB on 12/6/2008 4:49pm some of those things aren't chinese... lol
by Ma Hua Ching on 12/16/2008 8:58am I love Chineses too because I is one of them hehe
by COOL PERSON on 12/26/2008 3:27am this song is a pisser lol cant stop laughing well done monty python!
by I leen on 12/31/2008 11:26pm Yep, Beter to like chinese than muslims !!! Chinese don't blow up. There food is soo much better and they are polite
by nextvkin on 1/5/2009 9:42pm Hey I'm Chinese (well overseas Chinese) and I've always liked it esp now that I've discovered lyrics (apart from the "I like Chinese" bit) - politically correct people need not apply! (And oversensitive Chinese)
by I like Bing Lee on 1/10/2009 7:48am I like Bing Lee~~~~ Cuz it is created by Chinese people!LoL
by Ray on 1/12/2009 5:42am Oh, this made me laugh... And I'm a Singaporean/Australian Chinese, and I did not get offended at all, not one bit.
by doctorzen on 1/16/2009 1:48am Dear Handle, regarding your 11/29 post. Actually Zen and bonsai are Chinese. In China zen is called Chan and predates Japanese zen. Bonsai is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese "penzai." The Chinese taught both of these to the Japanese.
by Won Hung Low on 1/24/2009 11:52am What a great tribute to the Chinese-Americans. And OH SO clever!!
by Nanaya on 6/11/2009 3:29pm I give Monty Python the benefit of the doubt since they made a crude joke about their own people. Remember Meaning of Life? "Shut up! You Englishmen are so fucking pompous! You don't have any balls!" But as far as comedic value, this doesn't really reach the top of my list. They've done funnier songs/sketches than this.
by I like Chinese on 6/14/2009 12:16am Wo ai zhongguo ren.
by I like Chinese on 6/14/2009 12:17am 这首歌是欢闹

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