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Proudest Monkey (Main Song Page)
1994
12.29
1995
2.25
5.5
8.15
1996
6.7
2006
5.30
6.16
6/16/2006 alternate lyrics

[davespeak]
You know I think sometimes when I look at the world,
I think that maybe that even if we do our best to turn this place into one big desert, where nobody'd live, somewhere, out of some tiny hole, there would creep some primordial little monkey to bring us back here some day again.

[vocals]
Out of the ooze that we build,
out of the ooze that me make.

Swing in this tree...
Proudest Monkey
main lyrics
Swing in this tree
oh, I am bounce around so well
branch to branch, limb to limb, you see
all in a day's dream
I am stuck like the other monkeys here
I am a humble monkey
sitting up in here again

But then came the day
I climbed out of these safe limbs
ventured away
walking tall, head high up and singing
I went to the city
car horns, corners, and the gritty
now I am the proudest monkey
you ever seen
monkey see, monkey do, yeah

Then comes the day
staring at myself, I turn to question me
I wonder, do I want the simple, simple life
that I once lived in a way?
oh, things were quiet then
in a way they were the better days
but now I am the proudest monkey
you ever seen
monkey see, monkey do, yeah

Monkey see, monkey do [x22]
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