Even monkeys need gainful employment.

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Started out as a metaphor for how I write, but the greedy bastard took over. How do you like that?

Mug
I got banana in a mug and I'm gonna chug
Till I'm wide awake and I'm bouncing 'cross the rug
To my happy keyboard slappin', it's like a drug
Well, this monkey's got it fine

Just roll out of bed!
And I scratch my head!
Why?
Cause I got time, time, time, time
Got no place to be!
And my boss is me!
And everything's fine, fine, fine, fine
Some folks may say
That's it's not okay
To spend my days
Strapped in this way
But I got to work it out
Run, run

Runnin' on like a Shakespeare monkey
Just a matter of time
Runnin' on like a shakespeare monkey
What's my line?
Runnin' on like a shakespeare monkey
Typing suits me fine
I've got, "to be or not to be that is the
Kum...quat..."
Huh? what?

Nuts!
All the other monkeys from the study, they think I'm nuts
They say
"The experiment is over, you're a putz
You're a monkey, dammit, no ifs, ands or buts"
They say, "It's just a waste of your time"

Just roll out of bed!
And scratch my head!
Why? Why?
'Cause I got time, time, time, time
Got no place to be!
And my boss is me!
And everything's fine, fine, fine, fine
Some folks may say
That's it's not okay
To spend my days
Strapped in this way
But I got to work it out
Run, run

(Chorus)

Don't know why I love the typing life
I just can't help myself
Don't know why I never found a monkey wife
I left the vine to go
Back to my Smith-Corona ways
'Cause I had no other way to say
I ain't no Romeo
But I can spell him fine
(A little typing time....)