Warren Zevon - Porcelain Monkey lyrics

He was an accident waiting to happen
Most accidents happen at home
Maybe he should've gone out more often
Maybe he should've answered the phone

Hip-shakin', shoutin' in gold lamé
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

From a shotgun shack
Singing Pentecostal hymns
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room
He had a little world
It was smaller than your hand
It's a rockabilly ride from the
Glitter to the gloom

Left behind by the latest trends
Eatin' fried chicken with
His regicidal friends
That's how the story ends
With a porcelain monkey
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

Porcelain monkey oh ha ha ha ha

Hip-shakin', shoutin' in gold lamé
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

Porcelain monkey oh ha ha ha ha
Porcelain monkey oh hey hey hey hey
Porcelain monkey