Lyrics:

Mmm-hmm, Oh yes
Mmm-hmm, Oh yes
Alright

You know I got a letter from a friend of mine
In New York City the other day
He said 'Joe, I heard you've had some trouble with the girls down home'
Said 'You oughta catch a bus and come on up to New York'
Said 'They got enough women up here to go around
And I think you can find yourself something
Because people don't go around stealing
Loved ones away from them up here in New York'
He said in the letter that things don't happen
(Things don't happen like that in New York)
Like that up here in New York, yes he did
He said things just don't happen like that
(Things don't happen like that in New York) Up here in New York
He said things just don't happen like that
(Things don't happen like that in New York) Up here in New York
He said things just don't happen like that
(Things don't happen like that in New York) Up here in New York
Oh yes, oh yes he did
Alright

So I'm saying to you who are listening
If you've been unlucky in love, and lost somebody
And a voice come to you in the middle of the night and tell you to get up
Listen, you better get on up
If you're havin' breakfast one morning
And a voice come to you at the table
And say 'Get up!'
Listen, I want you to get on up
If you're out on your job
And a voice come to you on the job
And say 'Get up!' (You better-better get on up)
Listen, you better get on up
Yeah, baby (You better-better get on up)
Get yourself on up, oh yes
You had better get on up (You better-better get on up)
Oh yeah
Yep-yeah, yeah

You better get on up and walk like men and women
And go somewhere and find your somebody
That's what you better do
Because I'll tell you one thing
There's something that I found out a long time ago
It took me a long time to find it out
But I think I got it now
Oh, took me a long time to find it out
But I think I got it now, oh yes I did
I found out a long time ago (One monkey don't stop no show)
Oh yes I did
I found out that one monkey (One monkey don't stop no show)
Just don't stop no show
Ha-ha-ha, yes I did
Found out that one monkey (One monkey don't stop no show)
Just don't stop no show
Found out that one monkey (One monkey don't stop no show)
Just don't stop no show

And if you believe it
(One monkey don't stop no show)
Let me hear you sing one time for me tonight
I said if-if-if you believe it
(One monkey don't stop no show)
Let me hear you sing it one time for me tonight
I said if-if-if