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"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

Albums

• Portrait of an American Family

Versions

• "My Monkey" — Appears on Portrait of an American Family.
• "My Monkey" (Demo) — Appears on The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
• "My Monkey" (Demo) — Appears on Big Black Bus.
• "My Monkey" (Demo) — Appears on Lunchbox.
• "My Monkey" (Live) — Appears on Live As Hell.
• "My Monkey" (Live) — Appears on Refrigerator.
• "My Monkey" (Strange Daze Remix) — Appears on Dancing with the Antichrist.

Lyrics

    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 out 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