by auntiem 4 Replies latest social entertainment
I am looking for a song and I don't know the title or the band....all I remember are some of the lyrics that say something about a monkeys tail ......put me and you in a pail and still have room for.......mothers lullabey
It has a wicked kinda evil scary kinda musical arrangement and the singer has a deep voice.
If you thing you may remember the song and artist....please give me a clue!
Thanx All!
aUnTiE M
Ask Farkel....He knows all about this junk.
all I remember are some of the lyrics that say something about a monkeys tail
Here it is:
" I got a monkey by the tail it's plain to see. I won't be much when you get through with me. I been feelin blue and lookin kind of pale. And it looks like I gotta monkey by the tail'- Buck owens.....( shit, that ain't it )
Auntie,
This song has sort of a combo of your requested lyrics, Tom Waits certainly has a deep and graveley voice and the song is dark and spooky. Is this the song?
Misery River (1)
The higher that the monkey can climb
The more he shows his tail
Call no man happy 'till he dies (2)
There's no milk at the bottom of the pail
God builds a church
The devil builds a chapel
Like the thistles that are growing
'round the trunk of a tree
All the good in the world
You can put inside a thimble
And still have room for you and me
If there's one thing you can say
About Mankind
There's nothing kind about man
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it always comes roaring back again
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
The higher that the monkey can climb
The more he shows his tail
Call no man happy 'till he dies
There's no milk at the bottom of the pail
God ... ...
The devil knows the bible like the back of his hand
All the good in the world
You can put inside a thimble
And still have room for you and me
If there's one thing you can say
About Mankind
There's nothing kind about man
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it always comes roaring back again
For want of a bird
The sky was lost
For want of a nail
A shoe was lost
For want of a life
A knife was lost
For want of a toy
A child was lost (3)
And Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Everybody Row!
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Misery's The River Of The World
Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
Everybody Row...
Written by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan-Waits
Published by: Jalma Music (ASCAP ), 2000
Official release: Blood Money, Epitaph/ Anti Inc., 2002
Arrangements and lyrics published in " Tom Waits Blood Money " (Amsco Publications, 2002)
Further reading: Woyzeck Full Story
Edited by - Eric on 11 January 2003 19:36:10
Thank You Eric!!!!!!!!!!!! (((((((((((((((((Eric))))))))))))))))))))))))
I have been driving myself nuts trying to remember this song!
aUnTiE M
