Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

The Only Monkey

Words by Keith Reid, outside Procol Harum

The Only Monkey (Keith Reid / Chas Jankel)

Released August 2008 on the album The Common Thread by The Keith Reid Project

The human is a monkey with a diseased brain
The only animal who makes killing a game
The only animal who does killing for fun
The only monkey who carries a gun

The human is a monkey with a diseased brain
The only animal who takes pleasure from pain
From the mightiest ape to the tiny boll weevil
The only monkey that you can call evil

The human is the monkey who invented the Zoo
The only animal who needs things to do
The only animal who blows things apart
The human is a monkey with a diseased heart

Monkey monkey silly silly monkey
Monkey monkey silly silly monkey
Monkey monkey silly silly monkey

He'll sell his own soul
For a gallon of gas
Turn trees into paper
To wipe his own ass

The human is a monkey with a diseased soul
The only animal in search of a goal
The only monkey at war with the earth
The only monkey at war with its self [sic]

The human is a monkey with a diseased brain
The only animal who makes killing a game
The only animal who does killing for fun
The only monkey who carries a gun

Monkey monkey silly silly monkey
Monkey monkey silly silly monkey
Monkey monkey silly silly monkey

More non-Procol songs by Keith Reid

Procol Harum

Beyond the Pale

The Only Monkey

Words by Keith Reid, outside Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale