Well you can’t make me believe that good is evil And you can’t make me believe that snow is black I won’t believe that there’s a storm when the sun is shining warm Now you can’t put that monkey on my back
I laid awake ‘till three o’clock this morning And I heard you when you sneaked into the shack Well you said you’d stayed up late swinging on the garden gate Now you can’t put that monkey on my back
I saw you at the cafe with a fellow And you said that you’d just dropped in for a snack And the fellow’s name was Fred but your cousin Fred is dead Oh you can’t put that monkey on my back
You said that you were going to your Grandma’s But your Grandma don’t live ‘cross the railroad tracks But there’s another thing she don’t buy you diamond rings Now you can’t put that monkey on my back
You loved me when I had a lot of money And now that my money’s gettin’ flat Well you said that you’d be true but I know just what you’ll do Now you can’t put that monkey on my back
Oh you said that you’d gone to visit your dear mother When you went you left me kinda flat Just make it short and brief you know your mother’s on relief Now you can’t put that monkey on my back
Well now that my song has nearly ended I’ll bid you one and all a fond farewell Lord I’ll be singing for a while and heavy laden for a while Just a pilin’ these monkeys on my back
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