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Composer: Warren Zevon, Jorge Calderon

Warren Zevon - Porcelain Monkey lyrics



(Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderon)
He was an accident waiting to happen
Most accidents happen at home
Maybe he should've gone out more often
Maybe he should've answered the phone

Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom

Left behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
That's how the story ends
With a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen
Songs list of album: Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
         Title Rating
01    I Was in the House When the House Burned Down lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Life'll Kill Ya lyrics   -
03   Porcelain Monkey lyrics   -
04    For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   I'll Slow You Down lyrics   -
06   Hostage-O lyrics   -
07   Dirty Little Religion lyrics   -
08    Back in the High Life Again lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   My Shit's Fucked Up lyrics   -
10    Fistful of Rain lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Ourselves to Know lyrics Add lyrics   -
12   Don't Let Us Get Sick lyrics   -
 

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