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Artist: Elton John
Canonical path: /elton-john/monkey-suit
Related lyric paths: 6
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Monkey Suit
Read Monkey Suit lyrics by Elton John on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Monkey Suit
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If you're looking for the glory
You think that you might find
In a bullet-riddled stolen car
On a back road in the pines
If it's round just like a medal
On a tired old man of war
Or hidden like that Burma Star
In my dad's bottom drawer
chorus
Look at you in your monkey suit
Driving south, nothing left to prove
You come back here in your cowboy boots
Dressed to kill in your monkey suit
Every pose you strike, every frame they shoot
Shows you dressed to kill in your monkey suit
Build your ladder to the moon
Beat on that sacred drum
Trample on the hands of those
That cling to every rung
Every seed you crush beneath
Like stone ground in a mill
You never drew a decent breath
But you're just dressed to kill
Every pose you strike, every frame they shoot
Shows you dressed to kill in your monkey suit
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Elton John performs "Monkey Suit", and this lyric page sits inside the Elton John catalog on LyroVerse.
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