I stand in a wide flat land   No shadow or shade of a doubt   Whore the megaphone man   Met the girl with her hand that's   Covering most of her mouth      Fall in love with a bright idea   And the way a world is revealed to you   Fat man and dancing girl   And most of the show is concealed from view      Monkey in the middle   Keeps singing that tune   I don't want to hear it   Get rid of it soon      MC on the stage tonight   Is a man named Billy Purl   He's The International Fun Boy   And he knows the worth of beautiful girl      Stand on the tightrope   Never dreamed I would fall      Monkey in the middle   Keeps doing that trick   It's making me nervous   Get rid of it quick      I stand in a wide flat land   No shadow or shade of a doubt   Where the megaphone man   Met the girl with her hand   That's covering most of her mouth      Does she tell the truth?   Does she hide the lie?   Does she say it so no one can know?   Fat man and the dancing girl   And it's all part of the show      Stand on the tightrope   Never dreamed I could fall      Monkey in the middle   Keeps singing that tune   I don't want to hear it   Get rid of it soon      Monkey in the middle   Keeps doing that trick   It's making me nervous   Get rid of it quick