Space monkey, space monkey, what you out there? Why dark as a dungeon, way up in the air
Come gather 'round me you little and a story I'll tell About a brave primate, outer space knew him well He was born at the top of a big old Way in 1953
He could swing through the and hang by his toes Till they took him to Russia 'cause they I suppose dressed him up in a spacesuit and it started to snow Shot him off in a rocket where no man go
monkey, space monkey, what you doing out there? Why it's as a dungeon way up in the air There'll be no one to greet you when you get back Well, no or sickle, you'll be on your own
He had plenty of Cuban bananas and loads of 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, that's monkey years That's a long time for a monkey to confront all his fears
Space monkey, space monkey, what you out there? Why it's dark as a way up in the air But there'll be no one to you when you get back home No hammer or sickle, be all on your own
monkey, space monkey, it's time to get real The race is over, how does it feel Cold War's had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's down They've rolled up the carpet in monkey town
Now Leningrad is Petersburg and Petersburg's For a card-carrying monkey a story to tell
The monkey was reportedly last sighted about A half a off of Red Square In a karaoke bar a few drinks with some of his friends
There was the dog flew Sputnik And a red-headed, one legged parrot Who had done some minor 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 they'd never end"
Space monkey, monkey, there's nothing to do But it's than living in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you you get back home No hammer or sickle, be all on you own
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