Monkey To Man

Monkey To Man Lyrics

Song Monkey To Man
Artist Elvis Costello
Album Pomp & Pout
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[00:09.70] A long time ago, our point of view
[00:16.72] Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
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[00:23.30] Now the world is full of sorrow and pain
[00:27.38]
[00:30.50] It's time for us to speak up again
[00:34.34]
[00:37.67] You're slack and sorry
[00:39.56] Such an arrogant brood
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[00:44.71] The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food
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[00:52.38] We sit here staring at your pomp and pout
[00:56.01] Outside the bars we use for keeping you out
[00:59.52] You've taken everything that you wanted
[01:03.21] Broke it up and plundered it and hunted
[01:06.71] Ever since we said it
[01:08.48] You went and took the credit
[01:10.37] It's been headed this way since the world began
[01:13.56] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
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[01:32.36] Every time that man struggles and fails
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[01:39.31] He makes up some kind of fairytales
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[01:46.18] After all of the misery that he has caused
[01:49.82] He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs
[01:53.58] Points up to heaven with cathedral spires
[01:57.21] All the time indulging in his base desires
[02:00.87] Ever since we said it
[02:02.76] He went and took creditthe
[02:04.15] It's been headed this way since the world began
[02:07.76] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
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[02:30.32] Big and useless as he has become
[02:33.29] With his crying statues and his flying bomb
[02:37.03] Goes 'round acting like the chosen one
[02:40.75] Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin
[02:44.53] He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes
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[02:51.69] Hoping to hell that someone's forgiven his crimes
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[02:58.94] Fills the air with his pride and his praise
[03:02.06] He's big disgrace to our beastly ways
[03:05.68] In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts
[03:09.57] Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
[03:13.31] Ever since we said it
[03:15.00] He went and took the credit
[03:16.83] It's been headed this way since the world began
[03:20.04] When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
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