Space monkey, monkey, what you doing 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 young primate, space knew 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 him to Russia 'cause they could I suppose They him up in a spacesuit and it started to snow him off in a rocket where no man would go
Space monkey, space monkey, what you out there? Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air There'll be no one to greet you when you get home Well, no or sickle, you'll be on your own
He had plenty of Cuban bananas and of Spam But he found great trying to open the can One day he slipped on a peel and the ship lost control It spun out of orbit and out the black hole
It's been four decades now, that's nine years That's a long time for a space monkey to confront all his
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 greet you when you get home No or sickle, you'll be all on your own
Space monkey, 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 space town
Now Leningrad is and Petersburg's hell For a card-carrying monkey with a story to
The space monkey was reportedly last about A half a block off of Red In a bar having a few drinks with some of his friends
There was the dog that Sputnik And a blind red-headed, one legged Who had done some minor for Dow Chemical
They were drinking Vodka Imported all the way from Paducah, And reportedly had arms around each other's shoulders singing "Those were the days, my friend, we they'd never end"
monkey, space monkey, there's nothing to do But it's better than in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you when you get back No or sickle, you'll be all on you own
monkey