Great Monkey Man has gone the distance   The lucky one's going to get it all   Loving life now   Living on top of   Lucky ones always get it all      Oh, I'm hungry   Don't wanna die like a little dog   Gonna take what I can get   I'm the Monkey Man   With the great, great monkey plan      It's crazy, crazy, little man   You've got yourself entangled      Oh, love to lie to myself   To say everything is fine now   We got to keep it up   Or fall behind   I got to keep it up   Or lose the edge we found there faster   I'll build higher, still higher   I dig deeper down 'til it's down in the ground   It's found, used up and then thrown out      Crazy, crazy little man   What do you think you're doing here?      (break)      Big, beautiful world just for us   Good use we must put it to   Any way I can think to use it up   What will I tell my grandson's grandsons?      I could weave a fairy tale   On a great Bible-thumping scale   When he stands empty hands   On his empty land   That's what happened here   Great, great Monkey Man      Where did you think grey was the color of this?   You think I don't know quite what to say   But I'm worried for myself in this      I'm hungry   Don't wanna die like a little dog   Well, I eat what I can get   From the Monkey Man   Great, great monkey plan      Crazy, crazy man   You get yourself turned in a pickle      (break)      Crazy, crazy Monkey Man   Who is the one in the middle      (break)      Take a walk   Cross the ice   Melts too quickly   For us to reach the other side      It's cold in here   But the sun shines bright, oh   It warms this up well   Oh, the tide is rising higher      Look, it's strange   Floating by   Looks just like ones that   Flow out and ride, oh, I will      Golden age   These golden times   Our golden days seem to have us   Hypnotized or blind, well