Warren Zevon - Porcelain Monkey lyrics
[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
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