Space monkey, space monkey, what you doing out Why it's as a dungeon, way up in the air
Come 'round me you little monkeys and a story I'll tell About a brave young primate, outer space him well He was at the top of a big old tree Way back in
He could through the jungle and hang by his toes Till took him to Russia 'cause they could I suppose They him up in a spacesuit and it started to snow him off in a rocket where no man would go
Space monkey, monkey, what you doing out there? Why it's as a dungeon way up in the air be no one to greet you when you get back home Well, no or sickle, you'll be on your own
He had plenty of Cuban bananas and of Spam But he found great difficulty trying to the can One day he slipped on a banana peel and the ship control It spun out of orbit and shot out the hole
It's four decades now, that's nine monkey years That's a 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 home 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, Curtain's torn down They've up the carpet in space monkey town
Now Leningrad is Petersburg and hell For a card-carrying monkey with a story to
The space monkey was reportedly last sighted A half a block off of Red In a bar having a few drinks with some of his friends
There was the dog flew Sputnik And a blind red-headed, one legged Who had done some research for Dow Chemical
They were drinking American all the way from Paducah, Kentucky And reportedly had their around each other's shoulders singing "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd end"
Space monkey, space monkey, nothing to do But it's better than living in a zoo There'll be no one to greet you when you get back No hammer or sickle, be all on you own
Space