Porcelain Monkey lyrics
Song information
Artist: Warren Zevon
Album: Life'll Kill Ya
Lyrics
Warren zevon and jorge calderon, zevon music bmi/googolplex music bmi
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 lame'
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
Eating 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
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
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 http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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