[Verse 1]
Cover me when I run
Cover me through the fire
Something knocked me out the trees
Now I'm on my knees
Cover me, darling, please, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're gonna
Shock the monkey? Hey, hey

[Verse 2]
Fox the fox, rat on the rat
You can ape the ape, I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can't take anymore
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're gonna
Shock the monkey? Hey, hey
Shock the monkey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
[Bridge]
(Monkey) Wheels keep turning
(A monkey, ah) Something's burning
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
(Shock, shock, shock)
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
(Shock, shock, shock)
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

[Verse 3]
Cover me when I sleep
Cover me when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine
Make the monkey blind
Cover me, darling, please, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're gonna
Shock the monkey? Hey, hey
Shock the monkey, hey, hey, hey, yeah

[Bridge]
(Monkey) Too much at stake
(A monkey, ah) Ground beneath me shake
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
(Shock, shock, shock)
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
(Shock, shock, shock)
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
[Outro]
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey, hey, hey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life (Huh, huh, huh)
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey) (Huh, huh, huh)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey) (Huh, huh, huh)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey) (Huh, huh, huh)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey)
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life