The Head of a Monkey

01. CAN’T YOU SEE

Your lips are moving while you sleep
Your cotton candy's much to sweet
It took alot for me to speak
Your platform shoes are much too steep

Can't you hear me, Can't you see?
Can't you see?

Her dancing times are almost through
She can't afford to really lose
I can't go with her when she's due
It's not my place to make her choose

Can't you hear me, Can't you see?
Can't you see?

(break - solo)

Your lips are moving while you sleep
It took alot for me to speak

Can't you hear me, Can't you see?
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
Can't you see?
Can't you see?


02. DOWN

I grew up in a town away
I got lost cause I never strayed
I was spent always trying to stay, but that won’t bring me down

I got drunk when I wanted to
I got stoned when I wanted to
I lost you, never wanted to, but that won’t bring me down

That won’t tear me down to nothing
That won’t break my heart
That won’t leave me lost or stranded
That won’t break my heart

I was high when I saw her there
She was fair when she walked away
I was dumb cause I followed her, but that wont bring me down

Down, down, down

(guitar solo)

I got drunk when I wanted to
I got stoned when I wanted to
I lost you, never wanted to, but that won’t bring me down

Down, down, down, down


03. DIRTY LITTLE GIRL

I caught up with this girl
That I met at a crosstown bar
And they said she had about a hundred guys
So I knew that she’d be wanting me

So I said please come on over
You know I don’t live that far
So she took my hand and she said to me
Is there anything you wanna see

She’s a pretty little girl
With a dirty little smile
And a feather up in her hat
And I do not understand her love
And I really don’t want it bad
But I think I’ll never love her
She’s as bad as anyone can be

So I’m walking down the street next day
She come running right up to me
And she said she’d never been in love
And that she might be in love with me

But I didn’t know how to take this
Could it really be that bad
So I took her back into my house
And boy she was really bad

She’s a pretty little girl
With a dirty little smile
And a flower upon her hand
And I do not understand love
But I think I just want it bad
So I think I’ll start to love her
She’s as sweet as anyone can be

25 days later
Everything was going fine
Until I came home much too early yeah
And he was using what I thought was mine

She’s a pretty little girl
With a dirty little smile
And a feather up in her hat
And I do not understand her love
But I think I just got it bad
And I know I’ll never love her
She’s as cold as anyone can be

Who, ew, ew, who,
Oh, hell yeah
Who, ew, ew, who,
Oh, hell yeah
And I know I’ll never love her
She’s as cold as anyone can be


04. SEASIDE

Sitting by the seaside
Getting lonely by the moment without you
Throwing rocks into the water
Chasing little sands of riddled life

It’s cold inside until my demons set me free
It’s cold inside until my demons set me free…yeah

Losing lots of sleepiness
I’m waiting for debating in my head
Gaining all your interest is the interest that I’m interested in
Look at me and smile as you walk across the mile that I live
Running through your city it’s so pretty that you pity what I give

It’s cold inside until my demons set me free
It’s cold inside until my demons set me free

Sitting by the seaside
Getting lonely by the moment without you
Throwing rocks into the water
Chasing little sands of riddled life
One time…


05. THINGS UNSAID

Everything I have is over
Everything will stay the same
Even if you turn it over
Everything will still remain

Anything you buy and sell me
Couldn't make it wash away
Even if you turn it over
Everything will still remain

These things,
These things unsaid
They lie,
They lie instead

All of my tears of anger
And all of my tears of pain
Even if you turn it over
Everything will still remain

These things,
These things unsaid
They lie,
They lie instead

These things,
These things unsaid
They lie,
They lie instead


06. IT’S NOT ME

You better watch what you say
You just might get a bruise
You better watch what you say
You just might get a bruise

It's not me you've been looking for
It's not me you've been searching for
It's not me and it's fine

I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
Searching the earth

You better tighten that lid
Or you just might end up screwed
You better tighten that lid
Or you just might end up screwed

It's not me you've been looking for
It's not me you've been searching for
It's not me and it's fine

I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
Searching the earth

(whistle - solo)

It's not me you've been looking for
It's not me you've been searching for
It's not me and it's fine

I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
I feel just like a stray cat
Searching the earth

You better watch what you say
You just might get a bruise
You better tighten that lid, yeah you just
Or you just might end up screwed


07. DRIFTER

Every night it's the same as she crawls out her window
Mommy and Daddy are wondering if she's coming back
I never thought that I'd fall in love with a drifter
They wanted best for their girl but they knew that they'd miss her

She won't be back again
This time's the last
But I notice the sun hitting her eyes

All of the times that we laughed in the back of the classroom
I couldn't see what it was that was there in her smile
Everyone thought that she would become what was given
Even the one love she kept, she kept it hidden

She won't be back
This time's the last
But I notice the sun hitting her eyes

Someday she'll see
What she can be, to me
She won't be back
But I notice the sun hitting her eyes


08. PUSH YOU AWAY

When I found you
I adored you
And I dreamed that you'd be mine
So I hoped that
I could meet you
And you'd like me this way too

And I want you
And I need you
Way too much to push you away

I get scared that
You won't love me
You get scared that I'm the same
Lovers feed on
One another
And without you I'd be lost

And I want you
And I need you
Way too much to push you away

(solo)

So come near me
I will hold you
I can give you what you need
I can make you
Very happy
And our love will come together

And I want you
And I need you
Way too much to push you away


09. BATH IN THE SUN

F*cker... (click, click, click, click)

Like a doll I'm ready to bend you
But I won't pretend to, ever defend you
Like a flame I'll let you burn me
But it don't concern me, how you desert me

I'm waiting to take a bath in the sun
And I'm willing to take a bath in your love

Like an end I feel it coming
Oh yes it's lovely and I'm not running
Like the crutch that you've been making
Now it is breaking, yes we are breaking

I'm waiting to take a bath in the sun
And I'm willing to take a bath in your love

(break)

I'm waiting to take a bath in the sun
And I'm willing to take a bath in your love
I'm waiting to take a bath in the sun
And I'm willing to take a bath in your love
oh, oh, oh, oh, whooaaaaaaa!


10. I’M AN ALCOHOLIC

Woke up this morning
And all my friends have disappeared
And now my baby is leaving
I think I'll go get myself a beer

Cause I'm an alcoholic
And it's the worst that it's ever been
Cause I'm an alcoholic
Dont think I'll ever be sober again

Every night it's the same old thing
I wake early, i start to drink
i drink up all of the vodka I got
Then I'm drinking my favorite scotch

Cause I'm an alcoholic
And it's the worst that it's ever been
Cause I'm an alcoholic
Dont think I'll ever be sober again

(solo)

Cause I'm an alcoholic
And it's the worst that it's ever been
Cause I'm an alcoholic
Dont wanna ever be sober again

Yeah, yeah I'm an alcoholic
Yes I'm an alcoholic
Yes we're all alcoholics
Yes I'm an alcoholic

© 2004 Joe Nacco/Wacko Nacco Music (ASCAP)