Porcelain Monkey
Warren Zevon
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He was an accident waiting to happen Most accidents happen at home Maybe he should have gone out more often Maybe he should have answered the phone Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame That's how he earned his regal sobriquet Then he threw it all away For a porcelain monkey He threw it away for a porcelain monkey Gave it all up for a figureine He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas And his face of velveteen From a shotgun shack singing Pentacostal hymns Through the wrought iron gate to the TV room He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom Left behind by the latest trends Eatin' friend chicking with his regicidal friends That's how the story ends With a porcelain monkey He threw it away for a porcelain monkey Gave it all up for a figureine He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas And his face of velveteen Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame That's how he earned his regal sobriquet Then he threw it all away For a porcelain monkey He threw it away for a porcelain monkey Gave it all up for a figureine He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas And his face of velveteen
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Written by: WARREN WILLIAM ZEVON, JORGE CALDERON
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