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Artist: David Byrne
Canonical path: /david-byrne/monkey-man
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Monkey Man
Read Monkey Man lyrics by David Byrne on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Monkey Man
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Back from the war
Covered in red, white & blue
So here I am
But I got nowhere to go
Heaven help you now
Heaven help you now
Monkey man
Life is more than just survivin'
Take a look
Is there anybody drivin'?
Saturday night
I'm gettin outa my head
Who's laughin' now
You should be runnin' my friend
Heaven help us now
Heaven help us now
Monkey man
D.N.A. and evolution
Slide on down
Let's get back to the beginning
Driving with my whiskey in my hand
And there you go ? what's goin' on
Outa control into the promised land
And down we go
Monkey man
Are we just some weird mutation?
Oh, my mind!
Someone pinch me, am I dreamin'?
Like a snake
I will strike without a warnin'
Monkey man
Let's get back to where we started
Slide on down
Evolution's goin' backwards
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David Byrne performs "Monkey Man", and this lyric page sits inside the David Byrne catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Forro In The Dark (Asa Branca) and Tiny Town with a short reason for opening each page next.
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