Why do they slow the freeway down
where the river turns when it comes through town
When the water hits the rocks it rolls
With a hot rod devil
I'm driving slow
Well maybe I've picked out a born use
For the air I forced in the inner tubes
Instead of squinting through this muddy screen
I should be sittin', splashin' floating downstream
Here we go 'round the dry thistle
Monkey can climb but I whistle
He can't sing and I can't dance
And the monkey don't have to wear no pants
Young men hope and old men bitch
'Cause the ones in the middle get to scratch that itch
Kids just want some taboo fruit
Like a chance to dance in their birthday suit
Now I wonder if where love's involved
Did we improve as we evolved
Perhaps we'd fix a big mistake
By going wild, going ape
Here we go 'round the dry thistle
Monkey can climb but I whistle
He can't sing and I can't dance
And the monkey don't have to wear no pants
Here we go 'round the dry thistle
Monkey can climb but I whistle
He can't sing and I can't dance
And the monkey don't have to wear no pants
Here we go 'round the dry thistle
Monkey can climb but I whistle
He can't sing and I can't dance
And the monkey don't have to wear no pants
Here we go 'round the dry thistle
Monkey can climb but I whistle
He can't sing and I can't dance
And the monkey don't have to wear no pants
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