Space monkey, space monkey, you doing out there? 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 space him well He was born at the top of a big old Way back in
He could swing through the jungle and hang by his Till they took him to Russia 'cause they could I They dressed him up in a and it started to snow Shot him off in a where 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 when you get back Well, no hammer or sickle, you'll be on own
He had plenty of Cuban bananas and loads of But he found great difficulty trying to the can One day he slipped on a banana peel and the lost control It out of orbit and shot out the black 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, what you doing out Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air But be no one to greet you when you get back 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 it feel Cold War's had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's torn rolled up the carpet in space monkey town
Now is Petersburg and Petersburg's hell For a card-carrying with a story to tell
The space monkey was reportedly last sighted A a block off of Red Square In a karaoke bar having a few with some of his friends
There was the dog that Sputnik And a blind red-headed, one parrot Who had some minor research for Dow Chemical
They were American Vodka all the way from Paducah, Kentucky And reportedly had their around each other's shoulders singing "Those were the days, my friend, we thought never end"
Space monkey, space monkey, nothing to do But it's better living in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you you get back home No or sickle, you'll be all on you own
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