Automatic Monkey

from Cripplin' Crutch by Joe Flood

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Words and music by Joe Flood
Jungle Curry Music, BMI
Administered by Bug Music Nashville

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He's got money 'neath his mattress
That grumbles when it talks
And a chain hooked to his wallet
That rattles when he walks
You might not see him coming
But if you do you might wanna run
He's about as mellow as a monkey
With a gatling gun
He's got the whole world to gamble
And nothing in the world to lose
He's just an automatic monkey
And it looks like he might blow a fuse

Now you pour him full of coffee
And plug him into his machine
And he'll do your business better
Than any monkey you've ever seen
He'll wag your flag and shave his head
But if you mess with his sure thing
You'd be better off dead
'Cause once he loses that
He's got nothing in the world to lose
He's just an automatic monkey
And he looks like he might blow a fuse

Well, you can make your way to Washington
And make a speech
Or head on down to Georgia
And eat a peach
They say that down in Florida
Life is a beach
But you ain't heard nothing
Till you heard that automatic monkey screech

Well, now, give me a minute
Let me catch my breath
I took a look into the mirror
And it scared me half to death
There's no used to be to lean on
Where tomorrow always was
And that looking glass is saying
Monkey see what monkey does
I got the whole world to gamble
And nothing in the world to lose
I'm just an automatic monkey
And it looks like might blow a fuse
I'm just an automatic monkey
And it looks like might blow a fuse

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from Cripplin' Crutch, released June 10, 2001
Will Rigby, drums; Bobby MacDougall, bass; Eric Ambel, electric guitar; Bill Gross, harmonica; Joe Flood, electric guitar, banjolin, vocal

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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