Monkey Riches

Album: Centipede Hz (2012)
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  • Lately I need a better plan
    I want to get my knees out in the dirt with my hands
    Cause I have been a cerebral spouse
    And my head wants to go into the emerald house

    And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out
    And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out

    I don't want to knock you down

    But why am I still looking for a golden age?
    You tell me that I ought to have a golden wage
    Every time I look up at that blurry sun
    All I think about are bodies floating up
    Everybody ought to get that special glance
    Why does dawn leave everybody home with chance?
    It makes me wonder how I even wrote this song
    Does this not occur to almost everyone?

    It makes a monkey wretch
    It makes a monkey rich

    Lately I want to be in my heart
    But where exactly is my heart and where does it start?
    I don't want that Tylenol
    Can I sing and make change without crushing clams?
    I can help the little things but I have big plans
    I don't want that Tylenol

    It makes a monkey wretch
    It makes a monkey rich Writer/s: BRIAN ROSS WEITZ, DAVID MICHAEL PORTNER, JOSHUA CALEB DIBB, NOAH BENJAMIN LENNOX
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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