Bengali, Bengali   Bengali, Bengali   No no no   He does not want to depress you   Oh no no no no no   He only wants to impress you   Oh      Bengali in platforms   He only wants to embrace your culture   And to be your friend forever   Forever      Bengali, Bengali   Bengali, Bengali   Oh, shelve your western plans   And understand   That life is hard enough when you belong here      A silver studded rim that glistens   And an ankle star that blinds me   A lemon sole so very high   Which only reminds me, to tell you   Break the news gently   Break the news to him gently   "Shelve your plans, shelve your plans, shelve them"      Bengali, Bengali   It's the touchy march of time that binds you   Don't blame me   Don't hate me   Just because I'm the one to tell you      That life is hard enough when you belong here   That life is hard enough when you belong here      Ohh oh ohh oh   Shelve your Western plans   Ohh oh ohh oh   Shelve your Western plans   'Cause life is hard enough when you belong   Life is hard enough when you belong here      Ohh oh ohh oh   Shelve your Western plans   Ohh oh ohh oh   Shelve your best friends   'Cause life is hard when you belong here   Ohh   Life is hard enough when you belong