Once I was a Monkey
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Climbed out of the ocean I made my home in the trees Someone came along and made a monkey out of me Brought me down and taught me Dressed me up in clothes The only thing I learned is that I learned I shouldn’t know Don’t be asking questions they'll never tell a lie I swallowed every word so I could open up my eyes Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Monkey see and monkey do and monkeys make the rules One said keep it simple then they handed out the tools One more taught a lesson with books and sleight of hand Told me good and bad was something I never would understand Told me of an apple and a serpent in a tree Blamed my faults on knowledge then they labeled it belief Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Scratchin and pushin' and pullin' and yankin' my hair, You’d be best beware Of all the things a monkey can do when he gets to where he wants to go Gets into a car, drives around, rips up trees and puts ‘em down Puts down language on paper to say who runs the town he’s livin' in But me, I’ve given to all these men forgiving me for things I never did Still I say, oh God forgive me please Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man One small step for monkey, he says I hope to get there soon Don’t know where I’m going but I landed on the moon Walked around, it came to me that here I stand alone Great big world before me and yet still I’ve never known Why I’m still a monkey and I don’t know wrong from right Why I’m here and why i fear the lights off late at night Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey But now I’m a man Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey Once I was a monkey
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Written by: BRAD ZIMMERMAN, JAMES RIDDLE, MICHAEL WINGER, RYAN KELLY
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