Space monkey, space monkey, what you doing out Why dark as a dungeon, way up in the air
Come gather 'round me you little monkeys and a story tell About a brave young primate, outer knew him well He was born at the top of a big old Way back in
He could swing the jungle and hang by his toes Till they him to Russia 'cause they could I suppose They dressed him up in a spacesuit and it started to Shot him off in a rocket no man would go
Space monkey, space monkey, you doing out there? Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air There'll be no one to greet you you get back home Well, no hammer or sickle, you'll be on own
He had plenty of Cuban and loads of Spam But he found great difficulty to open the can One day he slipped on a banana peel and the lost control It spun out of orbit and shot out the hole
It's four decades now, that's nine monkey years a long time for a space monkey to confront all his fears
Space monkey, space monkey, you doing out there? Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air But there'll be no one to greet you when you get back No or sickle, you'll be all on your own
Space monkey, monkey, it's time to get real The space race is over, how does it Cold War's had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's torn They've rolled up the carpet in space town
Now Leningrad is Petersburg and Petersburg's For a card-carrying monkey with a to tell
The space monkey was reportedly sighted about A a block off of Red Square In a karaoke bar having a few drinks with of his friends
There was the dog that flew And a blind red-headed, one legged Who had done some minor research for Dow
They were American Vodka Imported all the way Paducah, Kentucky And reportedly had their arms around each other's singing "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd end"
monkey, space monkey, there's nothing to do But it's than living in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you when you get back No hammer or sickle, be all on you own
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