Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews - Monkey Man Lyrics

Great Monkey Man has gone the distance

The lucky one's going to get it all

Loving life now

Living on top of

Lucky ones always get it all



Oh, I'm hungry

Don't wanna die like a little dog

Gonna take what I can get

I'm the Monkey Man

With the great, great monkey plan



It's crazy, crazy, little man

You've got yourself entangled



Oh, love to lie to myself

To say everything is fine now

We got to keep it up

Or fall behind

I got to keep it up

Or lose the edge we found there faster

I'll build higher, still higher

I dig deeper down 'til it's down in the ground

It's found, used up and then thrown out



Crazy, crazy little man

What do you think you're doing here?





Big, beautiful world just for us

Good use we must put it to

Any way I can think to use it up

What will I tell my grandson's grandsons?



I could weave a fairy tale

On a great Bible-thumping scale

When he stands empty hands

On his empty land

That's what happened here

Great, great Monkey Man



Where did you think grey was the color of this?

You think I don't know quite what to say

But I'm worried for myself in this



I'm hungry

Don't wanna die like a little dog

Well, I eat what I can get

From the Monkey Man

Great, great monkey plan



Crazy, crazy man

You get yourself turned in a pickle





Crazy, crazy Monkey Man

Who is the one in the middle





Take a walk

Cross the ice

Melts too quickly

For us to reach the other side



It's cold in here

But the sun shines bright, oh

It warms this up well

Oh, the tide is rising higher



Look, it's strange

Floating by

Looks just like ones that

Flow out and ride, oh, I will



Golden age

These golden times

Our golden days seem to have us

Hypnotized or blind, well