Music and lyrics by T-Bone Burnett
She slides across the floor
Puts her head on his shoulder
His eyes search for the door
Even as he pulls her closer
She is a raging beauty
He writes, “I love you truly”
In lipstick on her mirror
Which leaves her in a furor
I wanna make you happy (x 4)
His fingers brush her face
She quivers like a fawn
He’s lost in her embrace
She turns around, he’s gone
She knows his lies are barefaced
As she descends the staircase
Her clothes are falling off her
He can’t resist her offer
You want make me happy (x 4)
We do the monkey dance
It’s a crazy feeling
Monkey dance
What we are concealing
Monkey dance
We shall be revealing
We do the monkey dance
When the blows all glance
Monkey dance
We do the monkey dance
She has a will of iron
He reads her Keats and Byron
‘Til she can go no further
He starts to read her Thurber
I wanna make you happy (x 2)
You wanna make me happy (x 2)
We do the monkey dance
It’s a crazy feeling
Monkey dance
What we are concealing
Monkey dance
We shall be revealing
We do the monkey dance
When the blows all glance
Monkey dance
We become advanced
Monkey Dance
We do the monkey dance
The monkey dance
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