Editing My Monkey

{{Disambiguation|the song|the bootleg|My Monkey (bootleg)}}

{{Song
| Name        = My Monkey
| Cover       = Portrait-of-an-American-Family.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Portrait of an American Family]]
| Released    = July 19, 1994
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
| Genre       = experimental rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock
| Length      = 4:31
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
}}
"'''My Monkey'''" is the twelfth track on the 1994 release ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. Several verses were taken from "Mechanical Man" written and performed by Charlie Manson in 1968. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]'' cassette tape, released in 1990.

== Appearances ==
=== Cassettes ===
* ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]''
* ''[[Big Black Bus]]''
* ''[[Lunchbox (demo)|Lunchbox]]''
* ''[[Live as Hell]]''
* ''[[Refrigerator]]''
* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''

== Versions ==
* "My Monkey" <small>— Appears on ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]''.</small>
* "My Monkey" <small>— ''[[Big Black Bus]]'' and ''[[Lunchbox]]'' versions are identical.</small>
* "My Monkey" <small>— ''[[Live as Hell]]'' and ''[[Refrigerator]]'' versions are identical.</small>
* "My Monkey" <small>— Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
* "My Monkey" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''.</small>

=== Spooky Kids versions ===
{{Videos
| 6Zg7iU58mAY = Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat Version
| nCIlNXrkx-U = Big Black Bus - Lunchbox Version
| D9UQkqzcDeY = Live as Hell - Refrigerator Version
}}

=== The Manson Family Album version ===
{{Videos
| dknNbLlg-6w =
}}

== Lyrics ==

=== ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' version ===
     i had a little monkey
     i sent him to the country and i fed him on gingerbread
     along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
     and now my monkey's dead
     at least he looks that way, but then again don't we all?
     (what i make is what i am, i can't be forever)
     i had a little monkey
     i sent him to the country and i fed him on gingerbread
     along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
     and now my monkey's dead
     poor little monkey
     "make you...break you...make you...break you...lookout"
     (what i make is what i am, i can't be forever)
     we are our own wicked gods
     with little "g's" and big dicks
     sadistic and constantly inflicting a slow demise
     i had a little monkey and i sent him to the country
     and i fed him on gingerbread
     along came a choo-choo, knocked my monkey coo-coo
     and (k)now my monkey's dead
     the primate's scream of consonance is a reflection
     of his own mind's dissonance

=== ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]'' version ===

     i had a little monkey i sent him to the country
     and i fed him on gingerbread along came a choo choo
     knocked my monkey coo coo and (k)now my monkey's dead
     at least he looks that way, but then again don't we all poor little
     monkey lying down on the ground with his head tucked under
     his arm my monkey my monkey my monkey bought the farm
     the primate's scream of consonance is a reflection of his own
     mind's dissonance

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