The Monkey's Back Lyrics

On the monkey's back
You paved the way but I lost track
Seize the day
I want my way

But the monkey's back
He grew such fingernails
He scratched he could impale
Never fails to hear why

So I fed him poison grapes
He spit the seeds into my face
And he escapes
To germinate

Weave and till my skin
Sprout seeds, chrysanthemum
Pull the weeds from my chin
We begin

On this monkey's back
He paved the way but I lost track
Seize the day, I'm on my way

But the monkey's back

He grew such fingernails
He scratched, he could impale
Never fails to hear why

So I fed him poison grapes
He spit the seeds into my face
And he escapes
To germinate

Weave and till my skin
Sprout seeds, chrysanthemum
Pull the weeds from my chin
We begin

On the monkey's back
On the monkey's back

(unintelligible mumbled outro verse)