The Monkey

The Monkey Lyrics

Song The Monkey
Artist Elvis Costello
Album Delta-Verité - The Clarksdale Sessions - The Delivery Man Companion
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[00:10.94] A long time ago, our point of view
[00:17.89] Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
[00:24.71] And now the world is full of sorrow and pain
[00:31.63] And it's time for us to speak up again
[00:38.96] You're slack and sorry
[00:40.82] Such an arrogant brood
[00:45.78] The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food
[00:53.50] We sit here staring at your pomp and pout
[00:57.37] Outside the bars we use for keeping you out
[01:00.71] You've taken everything that you wanted
[01:04.45] Broke it up and plundered it and hunted
[01:08.09] Ever since we said it
[01:09.45] You went and took the credit
[01:11.82] It's been headed this way since the world began
[01:15.00] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
[01:21.66] Monkey to Man
[01:33.78] Every time man struggles and fails
[01:39.98] He makes up some kind of fairytales
[01:47.15] After all of the misery that he has caused
[01:51.04] He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs
[01:54.72] Points up to heaven with cathedral spires
[01:58.41] All the time indulging in his base desires
[02:02.25] Ever since we said it
[02:03.71] He went and took the credit
[02:05.83] It's been headed this way since the world began
[02:09.11] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
[02:15.97] Monkey to Man
[02:31.83] Big and useless as he has become
[02:34.71] With his crying statues and his flying bomb
[02:38.04] Goes 'round acting like the chosen one
[02:41.88] Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin
[02:45.67] He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes
[02:52.90] Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes
[03:00.17] Fills up the air with his pride and praise
[03:03.46] He's a big disgrace to our beastly ways
[03:06.87] In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts
[03:10.86] Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
[03:14.59] Ever since we said it
[03:16.21] He went and took the credit
[03:17.98] It's been headed this way since the world began
[03:21.36] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
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