Stone Monkey

There was a wakeup call in quarantine A show of hands in a submarine And the patron saint of midtown's Been playing three card all day long The sky turned the color of tourmaline The nurse shark brought me Atropene Stone monkey crashing heavens' scene He does not belong And I can't wait until the lights go out I just might find out what the shouting's all about Lunch was served on the barricades There was a civil suit by the chambermaids As I turned a tired circle In a rowboat with one oar The sign is given and the runner steals Achilles rocked back on his heels And overhead the thunder peals Stone monkey goes to war And I can't wait until the lights go out I just might find out what the shouting's all about Here it comes Monkey see Monkey do Something else 'cause he sure don't want To end up like me and you Monkey time Monkey shines Everything is gonna work out just fine There's a hawker passing shirts around There's a tourist trap on sacred ground And the four big heads are laughing down As the people are detained Paris burned and the critics wailed The old gods were taken off to jail Stone monkey rules in heavens' pale Everything has changed And I can't wait until the lights go out And I might just find out what the shouting's all about Monkey see Monkey do Something else 'cause he sure don't want To end up like me and you Monkey time Monkey shines Everything is gonna work out just fine Monkey see Monkey do Something else 'cause he sure don't want To end up like me and you Monkey time Monkey shines Everything is gonna work out just fine