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#166- Hey Monkey (1997)
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Fun little tune about intelligent evolution. This silly song is about a serious subject. The point of view is open to interpretation.
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #217
Peak in subgenre #56
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
July 20, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:12
Story behind the song
Just two days ago I brought this old song to PASA (Philadelphia Area Songwriters Association) to get feedback and suggestions. They suggested I write a bridge and tweak the ending. Both those areas may still need work though it's improved. I also was given the rhyme "poo" for zoo, an important artistic improvement that helped define the setting (though it was alwys in a zoo, I never stated it was in a zoo before, and it wasn't obvious to all listeners). In addition it got a new title as well. Thanks to Crabmeat, Ken, Sharon and Terry. Weekly listeners originally gave this a 3.8 but higher ratings came in late which raised it to a 4.1 out of 5.0 ...Comments included: "Clever" "Funny and poignant" "Provacotive" "Point is not entirely clear...are you against or for or unsure.?..but that might make it a better song"
Lyrics
I saw a monkey in a zoo I saw a monkey playing with his poo I said "Hey Monkey, what ya doin? You look so funny and your nose is running" He said "Your the funny monkey And you look a lot like me" "You're the funny monkey And you look a lot like me" I said, "Hey monkey, what's your name?" The monkey scratched atop his little brain He said, "My name is Darwin, Winnie for short. And some primates think that I'm pretty smart. And you're a stupid monkey But you look a lot like me. You're a funny monkey and you look a lot like me" I said "Hey monkey, how can this be? I never ever had a monkey talk to me." He said, "Maybe you weren't listening. Maybe you're just dumb. Maybe you can't see Beyond your opposable thumb And you're a stupid monkey And you look a lot like me You're a funny monkey And you look a lot like me I was taken from my home Brought here to the zoo So you think that we're not related Which is why I'm throwing my poo At you I told the monkey I had to go To see the camels and the buffalo But maybe some time we could discuss his aesthetic And maybe I'll just ponder if his words are prophetic And God's an ugly monkey and he looks a lot like me We're all ugly monkeys and we look a lot like He God's a lovely monkey and she looks a lot like me
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