Monkey On My Back Lyrics[Intro]
(Muffled ragtime and dining noises transitioning to the band)
[Verse 1]
I got a monkey on my back
And, it’s driving me so mad
That I can feel it in my skin
Because the stitches hurting me
[Pre-Chorus]
And there’s a life I have to live
And there is nothing to forgive
I have nothing left to give
So, the monkey has got to leave
[Verse 2]
I have some problems in my head
That’s why I stay so late in bed
I got a blur inside my mind
All the bad in me combined
[Pre-Chorus]
But there’s a life I have to live
So, the problems got to leave
And all the days from black and blue
Will turn shiny and I’ll be good
Yeah-
[Instrumental Break]
[Refrain]
I got a monkey on my back
And, it’s driving me so mad
That I can feel it in my skin
Because the stitches hurting me
And there’s a life I have to live
And there is nothing to forgive
I have nothing left to give
So, the monkey has got to leave
Oh~!
[Outro]
I got a monkey, I got a monkey on my back
Driving me so mad
That I can feel it, feel it in my skin
Stitches hurting me
I got a monkey, I got a monkey
I got a monkey on my back
It's driving me so mad
Oh, it's driving me mad
I got a monkey, I got a monkey on my back~
Hmm~
Oh, I got a monkey on my back~
It's driving me mad
Ah, ah, ah, ah~ yeah
Oh~
Oh, I got a monkey on my back, monkey on my back
Driving me so mad
Driving me so mad~!
Shoooo, hoo-oo~
Hoo-oo, hoo~
I got a monkey on my back~
Hmm-hmmm
Ohh-hooh, yeah~