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monkeys with guns

from where the monsters live by Tim O'Connor

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lyrics

he's the true blue, brand new, suited guru
he could walk on water
if you wanted him to
he is the genuine item
he has refuted juju
so it's out with the old ways
and in with the new

and as we stand stock still dumbfounded
by all he arrogantly does
he will drown us out with soundbites
give us circuses and crumbs
while standing right behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
too late we shall see what he's done
'cause standing there behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
monkeys with guns
he's got monkeys with guns

he is the definitive edition
polished smoothe
an intimate pollution of an unpleasant truth
the final distillation
of poster pinup fools
with the ultimate solution
for all the appellant refuse

and as we stand stock still dumbfounded
by all he arrogantly does
he will drown us out with soundbites
give us circuses and crumbs
while standing right behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
too late we shall see what he's done
'cause standing there behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
monkeys with guns
he's got monkeys with guns

he is the architect incarnate
of all the misery that comes
from policy that mandates
monkeys with guns

he is the penultimate seducer
the push before the fall
a gilded invitation
for all those easily enthralled
he is the con who chaulks the marks
with the quikest deadly draw
the perfect imitaion
of all those idols you exalt

and as we stand stock still dumbfounded
by all he arrogantly does
he will drown us out with soundbites
give us circuses and crumbs
while standing right behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
too late we shall see what he's done
'cause standing there behind him he'll have
monkeys with guns
monkeys with guns
he's got monkeys with guns

and one day
we will all have succumbed
standing there beside him we are
monkeys with guns
monkeys with guns
we're just monkeys with guns

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from where the monsters live, released August 16, 2013
written and performed by Tim O'Connor

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

Band Projects:

cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018-
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