This apparently is from They Might Be Giants' version of said song, known 
as "The Guitar" from the CD Apollo 18.

GG




At 09:07 AM 3/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Last night on the way home from work,  the local alterna-whatever station
>played a version of  the Lion Sleeps Tonight.
>
>The lyrics were changed to
>
>In the spaceship
>the silver spaceship
>the lion sleeps tonight
>
>
>It was sung by some female voices and it had a kinda trip hop beat to it.
>
>Any one know who this is?