Dave Bartholomew

The Monkey
The monkey speaks his mindAnd three monkeys sat in a coconut treeDiscussing things as they are said to beSaid one to other now listen, you two“There's a certain rumour that just can't be trueThat man descended from our noble raceWhy, the very idea is a big disgrace, yea”No monkey ever deserted his wifeStarved her baby and ruined her lifeYea, the monkey speaks his mindAnd you've never known a mother monkTo leave her babies with others to bunkAnd passed them on from one to another‘Til they scarcely knew who was their motherYea, the monkey speaks his mindAnd another thing you will never seeA monkey build a fence around a coconut treeAnd let all the coconuts go to wasteForbidding other monkeys to come and tasteWhy, if I put a fence around this treeStarvation would force you to steal from meSongtexteYea, the monkey speaks his mindHere's another thing a monkey won't doGo out on a night and get all in a stewOr use a gun or a club or a knifeAnd take another monkey's lifeYes, man descended, the worthless bumBut, brothers, from us he did not comeYea, the monkey speaks his mindYea, now the monkey speaks his mind Aus Songtexte Mania