Space monkey, space monkey, what you out there? Why it's as a dungeon, way up in the air
gather 'round me you little monkeys and a story I'll tell About a brave young primate, outer space him well He was born at the top of a big old Way in 1953
He could swing the jungle and hang by his toes Till they took him to Russia 'cause could I suppose They dressed him up in a spacesuit and it started to 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 be no one to greet you when you get back home Well, no hammer or sickle, be on your own
He had plenty of bananas and loads 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 and shot out the black hole
It's been decades now, that's nine monkey years a long time for a space monkey to confront all his fears
Space monkey, space monkey, what you out there? Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air But there'll be no one to greet you when you get back No hammer or sickle, you'll be all on own
Space monkey, space monkey, time to get real The space race is over, how does it Cold had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's torn down They've rolled up the carpet in monkey town
Now is Petersburg and Petersburg's hell For a card-carrying monkey with a to tell
The monkey was reportedly last sighted about A a block off of Red Square In a karaoke bar having a few drinks with some of his
was the dog that flew Sputnik And a blind red-headed, one legged Who had some minor research for Dow Chemical
They were American Vodka Imported all the way 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, there's to do But better than living in a Communist zoo be no one to greet you when you get back home No hammer or sickle, be all on you own
Space