Lyrics:

''Monkey Time''Back in ''64 I was feeling 63The strangest sort of feelingStarted creeping over meIt''s not the kind of feelingYou would easily forgetMy head started burningAnd my knees began to sweatI figured I was crazySo I went back to my chairBut I looked into my mirrorAnd I just wasn''t thereJust then the window shatteredAnd a monkey hit the floorLooked like it was time for meTo make it to the doorBut the monkey grabbed my coatAnd took away my hatAnd I don''t rememberWhat happened after thatExcept my friends hear the storyAbout how I left it all behindSeems ever since that dayI''ve had that monkey on my mindTried to do my bestAnd make something of my lifeSo I cut off all my relativesAnd then I left my wifeI''ve tried a hundred curesAnything that I could findBut you know life ain''t easyWith a monkey on your mindEvery time I make my mind upI''m really gonna tryWell that monkey starts jumpingAnd looks me in the eyeOh dig the monkeyWell something explodedWhen the monkey got loadedAnd we went out on the townThe monkey got so drunkHe started getting funkyIt was hard to hold the poor boy downHe did the boogaloo the shoogalooThe Eskimo the HinduHe even made the teenage queenOh the joint started leapingEverybody was a-freakingThe greatest show they''d ever seenThen someone started screamingAnd I woke up from my dreamingTried to get myself realignedBut it''s all rightAnd it all comes easyWhen you got a monkey on your mindDig the monkeyOh one more timeDig the monkey