me and my monkey
Robbie Lyrics

There was me and my monkey
The singer was hanging out with his pet monkey

And with his dungarees and rollerblades
The monkey was dressed in dungarees and wearing rollerblades

Smoking filter tips
The monkey was smoking filter-tipped cigarettes

Reclining in the passenger seat of my supercharged jet black Chevrolet
The monkey was relaxing in the passenger seat of the singer's powerful black car

He had the soft top down
The car roof was down, letting in the air

He liked the wind in his face
The monkey enjoyed having the wind blow on his face

He said, "Son, you ever been to Vegas?" I said "No"
The monkey asked if the singer had ever been to Las Vegas, to which the singer replied in the negative

He said, "That's where we're gonna go, you need a change of pace"
The monkey suggested they travel to Vegas to shake things up

And when we hit the strip with all the wedding chapels and the neon signs, he said
Upon arriving at the strip, the monkey commented

"I left my wallet in El Segundo" and proceeded to take two grand of mine
The monkey pretended to have forgotten his wallet but then stole $2,000 from the singer

We made tracks to The Mandalay Bay hotel
They went to stay at The Mandalay Bay hotel

Asked the bell boy if he'd take me and my monkey as well
The singer asked the bell boy if he could bring his monkey

He looked in the passenger seat of my car, oh, with a smile he said
The bell boy looked at the monkey and smiled

"If your monkey's got that kind of money, sir, then we've got a monkey bed"
The bell boy suggested they had a bed for the monkey if he had that much money

Me and monkey
The singer and his monkey

With a dream and a gun
The two were dreaming of something and the singer had a gun

I'm hoping my monkey
The singer was hoping his monkey

Don't point that gun at anyone
Wouldn't shoot anyone with the gun

Me and monkey
The singer and his monkey

Like Butch and the Sundance Kid
They were like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Trying to understand
Trying to comprehend

Why he did what he did
Why the monkey did what he did

And at the elevator, I hit the 33rd floor
They went up to the 33rd floor on the elevator

We had a room up top with a panoramic view, it's like nothing you've ever seen before
Their room had a great view that was unlike anything the singer had seen before

He went to sleep in the bidet and when he awoke
The monkey went to sleep in the bidet and later woke up

He ran his little monkey fingers through the Yellow Pages
The monkey went through the Yellow Pages with his fingers

Called up escort services and ordered some okie doke
The monkey called an escort service and ordered something

Forty minutes later, there came a knock at the door
Forty minutes later, someone knocked on the door

In walked this big, bad-ass baboon into my bedroom with three monkey whores
A large and intimidating baboon entered the room with three monkey prostitutes

"Hi, my name is Sunshine
Sunshine introduced herself

These are my girls
She introduced her companions

Lace my palm with silver, baby
She asked for money

Oh yeah, and they'll rock your world"
Implying that she and her companions would give a good time

So I watched pay-per-view and polished my shoes and my gun
The singer watched television and cleaned his shoes and gun

Was diggin' old Kurt Cobain sing 'bout lithium
The singer was enjoying listening to Kurt Cobain's song about lithium

There came and knocked at the door and in walked Sunshine
Someone knocked on the door and Sunshine entered the room again

"What's up?"
She asked what was going on

"You better get your ass in here, boy, your monkey is having too much of a good time"
She said that the monkey was having too much fun and the singer should come see

Got tickets to see Sheena Easton
They had tickets to see Sheena Easton

The monkey was high
The monkey was under the influence of drugs

Said it was a burning ambition to see her before he died
The monkey claimed it was his lifelong goal to see Sheena Easton

We left before encores
They left the concert before the encores

He couldn't sit still
The monkey was too excited to sit still

Sheena was a blast, baby
The singer enjoyed the concert

But my monkey was ill
However, the monkey was not feeling well

When I played black jack
When the singer played blackjack

Kept hittin' 23
The singer kept getting the number 23

Couldn't help but notice this Mexican just staring at me
The singer noticed a Mexican man staring at him

Or was it my monkey
The singer wondered if the man was staring at him or the monkey

I couldn't be sure
The singer was not certain

It's not like you've never seen a monkey in rollerblades and dungarees before
The singer implied that seeing a monkey dressed in such a way was not unusual

Now don't test my patience 'cause we're not about to run
The singer warned not to push his limits because they were not planning on running away

That's a bad-ass monkey, boy, and he's packing a gun
The monkey was armed and dangerous

"My name is Rodriguez" he says with death in his eye
The Mexican man's name was Rodriguez and he looked ready to kill

"I've been chasing you for a long time, amigos
Rodriguez claimed he had been after the singer for a while

And now your monkey is gonna die"
He threatened to kill the monkey

We don't wanna kill no Mexican
The singer did not want to kill the Mexican man

But we got ten itchy fingers
However, they had ten trigger-happy fingers

One thing to declare
One important thing to say

When the monkey is high
When the monkey is under the influence

You do not stare
Don't stare at the monkey

You do not stare
Again, don't look at the monkey

You do not stare
Third and final warning to not stare at the monkey

Looks like we got ourselves a Mexican stand off here, boy
There was a tense confrontation between the singer and the Mexican man

And I ain't about to run
The singer wasn't going to run away

Put your gun down, boy
The singer ordered the Mexican man to lower his weapon

How did I get mixed up with this fucking monkey anyhow?
The singer wondered how he got involved with the monkey and all of the trouble that had ensued