John Prine Space Monkey video

John Prine Space monkey, space monkey What you doing out there? Why its dark as a dungeon way up in the air Come gather round me you little monkeys and a story Ill tell About a brave young primate, outer space knew him well He was born at the top of a big old tree Way back in 1953. He could swing through the jungle and hang by his toes Till they took him to russia cause they could I suppose They dressed him up in a spacesuit and it started to snow Shot him off in a rocket where no man would go Space monkey space monkey What you doing out there? Why its dark as a dungeon way up in the air Therell be no one to greet you when you get back home No hammer or sickle youll be on your own. He had plenty of cuban bananas and loads of spam But he found great difficulty trying to open the can One day he slipped on a banana peel and the ship lost control It spun out of orbit and shot o]ut the black hole Its been four decades now, thats nine monkey years Thats a long time for a space monkey to confront all his fears Space monkey space monkey What you doing out there? Why its dark as a dungeon way up in the air Therell be no one to greet you when you get back home No hammer or sickle youll be all on your own. Space monkey, space monkey Its time to get real The space race is over, how does it feel Cold wars had a heatwave, iron curtains torn down Theyve rolled up the carpet in space monkey town Now leningrad is petersburg and petersburgs hell For a card-carrying monkey with a story to ...