Album: Life So Far
FYC 65th Grammys
Best Folk Album

A young chimpanzee
Sitting by a palm tree
Thinking about supper time

Up in the tree
A bunch of coconuts
But he’s scared of heights

Here comes a monkey
With a long reach
Typical monkey arms

Our chimpanzee’s
Opportunity
Time for primate charm

Gave the monkey his biggest smile
Let’s have coconut - you and me pal
You climb up - shake ‘em loose
I’ll pick ‘em up and carry ‘em too
For me and you

The friendly monkey’s
Always hungry
And did not think twice

Quick as a wink
He scurried up
They’d have coconut tonight

Soon the monkey was way up high
Droppin’ coconuts - left and right
The chimp‘s on the ground - picking ‘em up
Put ‘em in a sack and then ran off
With the coconuts

Our dear monkey
Thought it funny
But the chimp would not

What came next
The chimp would catch
A bad case of the trots

Coconuts he ate were green
With consequences unforeseen
Late that night the chimp would be
Stuck on the seat - of his latrine

The chimpanzee
Swore off of coconuts
Wouldn’t have another one

The clever monkey
Pickin’  coconuts
For the chimp is done

Now he‘s got his own supply
For coconut shrimp and coconut pie
Coconut shakes and daiquiris
It’s all good for the clever monkey
Very clever indeed

Life So Far

Clever Monkey

Detroit summers on our block: shouts, friendly and otherwise, kids’ street games and music – always music.

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Clever Monkey

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