Space monkey, space monkey, what you doing out Why it's as a dungeon, way up in the air
Come gather 'round me you little monkeys and a story I'll a brave young primate, outer space knew him well He was at the top of a big old tree Way in 1953
He could swing through the jungle and by his toes Till they took him to Russia 'cause they could I They dressed him up in a spacesuit and it started to Shot him off in a rocket where no man go
Space monkey, monkey, what you doing out there? Why it's dark as a way up in the air There'll be no one to you when you get back home Well, no hammer or sickle, be on your own
He had plenty of Cuban bananas and of Spam But he great difficulty trying 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
been four decades now, that's nine monkey years That's a long for a space monkey to confront all his fears
Space monkey, space monkey, what you doing out Why dark as a dungeon way up in the air But there'll be no one to greet you you get back home No or sickle, you'll be all on your own
Space monkey, space monkey, time to get real The space race is over, how it feel Cold had a heatwave, Iron Curtain's torn 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 sighted 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 done some research for Dow Chemical
They were drinking Vodka Imported all the way from Paducah, And reportedly had their arms around each other's singing "Those were the days, my friend, we thought never end"
Space monkey, space monkey, there's to do But it's better living in a Communist zoo There'll be no one to greet you you get back home No or sickle, you'll be all on you own
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