In this circus top where the world's a stage   I've come to do my spot when the Freakshow plays   I get electric shocks from rattling my cage   I don't know when to stop can't tear myself away      And just like railway tracks   Were built for landing aeroplanes   You are my everything   I knew I was born for something      I'm just a monkey on a string   I'm just a monkey on a string   And you're my everything   I'm just a monkey on a string      Hanging myself up on someone like you   Is just a gift I've got like I was born to do   I get electric shocks from rattling my cage   I don't know when to stop can't tear myself away      I'm just a monkey on a string