Space monkey, space monkey, you doing out there? Why dark as a dungeon, way up in the air
Come gather 'round me you monkeys and a story I'll tell About a young primate, outer space knew him well He was at the top of a big old tree Way back in
He could swing through the and hang by his toes they took him to Russia 'cause they could I suppose They him up in a spacesuit and it started to snow Shot him off in a rocket 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 you when you get back home Well, no hammer or sickle, you'll be on own
He had of Cuban bananas and loads of Spam But he found great difficulty to open the can One day he slipped on a banana peel and the ship control It spun out of orbit and shot out the black
It's been four decades now, nine monkey years That's a long for a space monkey to confront all his fears
monkey, space monkey, what you doing out there? Why it's dark as a way up in the air But there'll be no one to greet you you get back home No hammer or sickle, be all on your own
Space monkey, space monkey, it's time to get The space race is over, how it feel Cold War's had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's 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 about A half a off of Red Square In a karaoke bar having a few drinks some of his friends
There was the dog flew Sputnik And a blind red-headed, one legged Who had some minor research for Dow Chemical
They drinking American Vodka all the way from Paducah, Kentucky And had their arms 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 living in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you when you get home No or sickle, you'll be all on you own
monkey