Monkey Down

(Music & Lyrics © Ronald D. Crowder and Danny Rubin)

ASCAP

I wrote this with my friend Danny Rubin, who is probably best known as the writer of the movie Groundhog Day. We met at the wedding of a mutual friend. We hit it off right away and agreed we should get together and try to write something. The very first time we got together we wrote this song. He told me he was in a band in college, and I’m not sure they ever even played a gig, but the name of their band was going to be Monkey Down. We both agreed that was an intriguing title for a song and immediately launched into working on it. The basic idea was built that day. As I am apt to do, I took it back to my studio and played with it and played with it and played with it. Changing chords around, changing the melody. Adding a bridge. Danny added some lyrics and revised some. I had multiple people play on it in the studio. It took me a while to be happy with it, but when I was finally finished with everything it was right where I wanted it to be. 

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There’s a street full of monkeys looking fine as you please 

Monkey got no cap holding up his knees 

So it’s not quite a dance, they’re just bouncing around 

Feel it now, feel it now, feel it Everybody Monkey Down! 

There's a cold wind blowing through the alley at dawn 

But the crowd got their hats and their jackets on 

Full of deep penetration insulation they found 

Made of high rent full percent monkey monkey monkey down. 

Big battle brewing monkey one, monkey two 

Monkey three in the alley with his circling crew 

Monkey four in the middle in her hot Monkey gown 

Hey! Temper hot gunshot We got a Monkey Down! 

Monkey downtown 

monkey downstairs 

monkey down under 

monkey under there 

down the hatch 

down the street 

down the way 

Down the beat 

Down the drain 

Down on the ground 

Monkey monkey monkey down! 

It’s a hot team of monkeys and they’re ready to go 

But our big big gorilla just didn’t show 

So it’s back to the locker from the monkey mound 

Monkey, All done No fun we're one monkey down 

Monkey fly through the air, flapping cape in the breeze 

Monkeys cheer from the rooftops and the balconies 

There’s a hot monkey rhythm and it’s shaking the town 

Monkey, they chant you can’t keep a good monkey down. 

Monkey downtown 

monkey downstairs 

monkey down under 

monkey under there 

down the hatch 

down the street 

down the way 

Down the beat 

Down the drain 

Down on the ground 

Monkey monkey monkey down! 

Everybody - 

Grab your bags and bring your monkey feet 

Don't forget a bag of monkey treats 

Make a monkey line along the street 

Everybody monkey down 

down in monkey town 

I got a million monkeys typing in my head 

That will explain that witty thing I said 

One witty thing, that’s it, that’s it, that’s it. 

The rest is all just monkey shit 

Monkey shit, monkey shit, monkey shit, monkey shit, monkey shit, monkey shit 

Watch me hurling it!

 

It’s a hot monkey party monkey slide monkey slink 

use your long monkey tail just to hold your drink 

You can sing like a king in your monkey crown 

Singing hot hot thanks a lot Everybody monkey down!

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