Let me tell you a story

 About two kids in the city

 See they both have a problem with life

 And it isn't very pretty

 

 There's a kid called Timmy

 He used to be pretty witty

 But then too many rides on the horse

 Got him hooked and it's a pity

 

 Cause now he's got a monkey

 He's got a monkey can't fight it

 Monkey

 On his back he can't deny it

 Monkey

 He found a dragon that bites

 A hole in his arm at night

 Where all the money goes

 

 Monkey, monkey on his back

 Monkey, monkey on his back

 A dirty monkey

 

 Well there's a girl called Sally

 She walks the streets in the city

 She works down on the corner every night

 Gives her money up to Willy

 

 You see her man's Big Willy

 And when he met her she was pretty

 But he gave her a habit that she didn't want

 Now that's a pity

 

 Cause now she's got a monkey

 She's got a monkey can't fight it

 Monkey

 She's gotta walk the streets to buy it

 Monkey

 She found a dragon that bites

 A hole in her arm at night

 Where all the money goes

 

 Monkey, monkey on his back

 Monkey, monkey on his back

 A dirty monkey

 

 Well now listen everybody

 Cause there's a moral to the story

 Clean up your act

 Get the monkey off your back

 Or you'll be sorry

 

 Keep yourself clean

 Cause the monkey plays mean

 He'll put a knife in your back

 Then the man in the black

 Will show you a dragon that bites

 And you'll wind up with a

 

 Monkey, monkey on your back

 Monkey, monkey on your back

 Monkey, monkey on your back

 Monkey, monkey on your back