Filipino Monkey

my baby was crying the other night
she lay still just like a stone
she said ’honey, I will get you’
but the voice was not her own

I looked underneath the bed
I looked around the door
I looked every damn place I could
until I couldn’t look no more

but when it was time for loving
she made just like a junkie
she said she had a new lover
the filipino monkey

filipino monkey
took my baby away
filipino monkey
laughing in the bay
come and get me, monkey
come right out and play
but there was only laughter
the filipino monkey way

I joined up in the Navy
to see the seven seas
headed over to Hormuz
got a new pair of jet skis

a speedboat left me in his wake
and I very nearly drowned
what the fuck just happened?
what the fuck is going down?

I heard a voice familiar
calling back to me
I heard him laughing in the water
the filipino monkey

filipino monkey
took my baby away
filipino monkey
laughing in the bay
come and get me, monkey
come right out and play
but there was only laughter
the filipino monkey way

later at the barbecue
we set our grills into the sand
got some steaks and whiskey
got the amps and got the band

things were awful funny
Captain Ed was falling down
ain’t nothin’ like a drunk man
there ain’t nothin’ like a clown

but then the flares went flying
the smoke was thick and funky
upon the beach surrounded
by the filipino monkey

filipino monkey
took my baby away
filipino monkey
laughing in the bay
come and get me, monkey
come right out and play
but there was only laughter
the filipino monkey way
the filipino monkey way

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The General notices this kind of stuff as well. The only thing we have to fear is whatever comes along next.

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