Lyr Add: Leaving t' Monkey House - Amanda's song

Subject: Lyr Add: Leaving t' Monkey House - Amanda's song
From: InOBU
Date: 11 Dec 04 - 06:50 AM

Rainy morning, afternoon? Rainy week in New York, and Amanda is showing Arthur and I emailed pictures of home ... lots of kids ... squatting together on the red clay of the yard, from baby to teenager playing the same game, can't know what it is, facing all different ways, but clumped together, no toys visible, lots of small rocks in the poor soil... "It's a real Monkey House" says Amanda, getting back to work behind the counter...

Leaving the Monkey House -Amanda's Song

Lorcan Otway all rights reserved.

Taking Leave of the monkey house
Going ut on my own
As miles pass the bus window
I'm not so sure I'm grown
Was warm in the monkey house
tumble of kids in my hair
lucky littlest monkey you'll
be the last to leave there

Working for Zoya now
in the big city
dole out the coffee while
I dream of family
warm little monkey house
in pictures from home
slow down little monkeys now
don't rush to be grown

Christmas is coming now
and a quick visit home
so hard to go back again
now I'm feeling so grown
warm little monkey house
if I go - I may stay
but I have to be grown up now
drop in and go away

Dear little monkey house
red clay's a part of me
too wet or to dry to farm
all that easily
warm little monkey house
so hard to feed us all
but you were so good to me
when I was so small

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Leaving t' Monkey House - Amanda's song
From: InOBU
Date: 11 Dec 04 - 07:01 AM

Yeah, I know, Arthur and me...