monkeys uptown

i knew you well

i know you best

a baby mouth and i the breast

a lazy bone

an eagle eye

circling a city that's higher than the sky

and it's looking like you better do what they say

those monkeys uptown

i told you not to fuck around

heaven's the name and the river is brown

with all the mud and the rain

it never settles down

it never settles down

your baby left you unimpressed

but no one likes a beggar slightly overdressed

trouble comes in funky clothes

you can always find a razor lying in the road

and it's looking like you better do what they say

those monkeys uptown

i told you not to fuck around

heaven's the name and the river is brown

with all the mud and the rain

it never settles down

it never settles down

i knew you well

i know you best

everybody owes something to everybody else

gabriel gave me some news to give to you

maybe taken for granted

you've nothing better to do

and it's looking like you better do what they say

those monkeys uptown

i told you not to fuck around

heaven's the name and the river is brown

with all the mud and the rain

it never settles down

it never settles down