Yeah well there's something that I've been chasing with

Oh every little thing that I got

It is a dream I dream whenever I sleep

Only got my, my one shot

I wanna make music and I wanna use it to

Ease my mind

I wanna write the songs that talk about

The smaller parts of my life

Wanted to pour out my mouth into my microphone

But there's a monkey on my back he won't leave me alone

Oh there's a monkey on my back he won't leave me alone

And yeah he pulls out my wallet and he buys me my drinks

He laughs whenever I read my lyric sheets

Says I am one in a million, just some kid with a guitar

Playing for eight damn years just to be ignored

In the corner of an empty bar

So I said stop fuck you, you're just a little monkey

Better pack your things and be gone

I'm gonna tell you one time, this ain't no free ride

Get off my back and lay

Leave me alone, yeah

Better leave me alone

And yeah he laughed as he whispered into my ear

You're the only thing that's been keeping me here

I'm in the back of your mind, keeping you up at night

Only you can make the music and let in the light

I got a lopsided heart, it clings a broken B inside

And I make love similar to the way I sing and write

And if it don't sound right baby it's alright

You can find another way to get home tonight

So I said stop fuck you, you're just a little monkey

Better pack your things and be gone

I'm gonna tell you one time, this ain't no free ride

Get off my back and lay

Leave me alone, yeah

Better leave me alone

I said stop fuck you, you're just a little monkey

Better pack your things and be gone

I'm gonna tell you one time, this ain't no free ride

Get off my back and lay

Leave me alone, yeah

Better leave me alone