I was in the wild
 
 Living life from tree to tree
 
 So I learned a simple song
 
 And sang in a jamboree
 
  
  And the people came and cheered
 
 I thought that I was finally free
 
 'Till they sold me to a man
 
 Who had another plan for me
  
 
 He said: Dance monkey, dance (dance monkey)
 
 Play that song I know
 
 He said: Dance monkey, dance (dance monkey)
 
 In this yellow coat
  
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
  
 
 Saved up just enough
 
 Enough to buy a new guitar
 
 And I wrote a simple song
 
 An honest message from my heart
  
 
 When I sang it to the crowd
 
 It was not the same applause
 
 I can hear them screaming out
 
 You know what we came here for
  
 
 He said: Dance monkey, dance (dance monkey)
 
 Play that song I know
 
 He said: Dance monkey, dance (dance monkey)
 
 In your flower coat
  
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
  
 
 It doesn't matter what the people say
 
 You can take my house away
 
 'Cause I know that I'll never be, no
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 It doesn't matter what the people say
 
 You can take my house away
 
 'Cause I know that I'll never be, no
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey
 
 Dance, dance, dance monkey