Monkey Hill - Gov't Mule

Last night and the night before

The thunder crowed and the rooster roared

I woke up sweatin' on somebody’s floor

You know, how the story goes

The dirty streets, they can be so mean

Everybody tryin' to live so clean

Me, I’m stuck here in between

And it’s a fine line

Down on monkey hill

Saw a brother screamin' on the corner

Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame

And he said, «Gonna get so high that I just don’t know my name»

Between the buildings and the alleyways

That’s where the livin' is done

Where the young boys chase the dragon

That’s where flesh and steel are one

Down on monkey hill

Saw another brother testifyin' this mornin'

Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything

And he said, «Gonna get so high that I just don’t know my name»

Everybody’s talkin' shit and jivin'

Hard to tell which is which

Dealers and squealers

Businessmen and bankers

They all be scratchin' that itch

Down on monkey hill

Saw another brother testifyin' this evenin'

Talkin' 'bout how he left his soul in DeNang

And he said, «Gonna get so high that I just don’t know my name»

Gonna get so high

Don’t know my name

Down on monkey hill