Monkey Grinder


Don't be scared, it's for a good cause
Put your hand out and try to act calm
I can still feel those hairy little fingers
Pluck a nickle from my sweaty little palm

HE SCRATCHED ME!

Collar goes tight
Fat man's crankin'
And the monkey's reeled in
Don't he look a little blue?

Who know factually a monkey's life span?
This is not your ordinary hurdy gurdy man
All you higher primates sweatin' to keep the company strong
Have you heard the song of the monkey grinder?

Don't you worry, this monkey's lucky
God himself a good job and a nice boss
Who's gonna keep him happy
From the cradle to the grave

...and someday, son...

And the little collar goes tight
And the fat man's crankin'
And the monkey's reeled in
This machine is hummin'

I can't find my little dog
And the neighbors say theirs disappeared last week
The-there's a rumor goin' 'round 'bout a big long boa
And I hear it's living under the fat man's porch

Some say it's insatiable
Some say it just unhooks its jaws
And then it swallows most anything it wants
Even a full-grown fat man

Recorded by Chagall Guevara.  Written by L. Nichols, D.H. Perkins, and Steve Taylor © 1991 MGA Publishing, GMMI, and Sadoshrimp (ASCAP)

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