Monkey To Man-Elvis Costello

[ti:Monkey To Man] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:Grammy Nominees 2005] [by:] [offset:0] [00:11.67]A long time ago our point of view [00:15.23] [00:18.72]Was broadcast by Mr Bartholomew [00:22.53] [00:25.28]Now the world is full of sorrow and pain [00:29.96] [00:32.39]It's time for us to speak up again [00:36.63] [00:39.63]You're slack and sorry such an arrogant brood [00:43.75] [00:46.81]The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food [00:51.05] [00:54.35]We sit here staring at your pomp and pout [00:58.04]Outside the bars we use for keeping you out [01:01.54]You've taken everything that you wanted [01:05.35]Broke it up and plundered it and hunted [01:08.83]Ever since we said it [01:10.40]You went and took the credit [01:12.24]It's been headed this way [01:13.79]Since the world began [01:15.60]When a vicious creature took the jump [01:18.53]From monkey to man [01:20.47] [01:22.54]Monkey to man [01:24.24] [01:26.00]Monkey to man [01:27.55] [01:29.30]Yeah yeah yeah [01:30.89] [01:34.40]Every time that man struggles and fails [01:38.01] [01:41.25]He makes up some kind of fairytales [01:44.99] [01:48.24]After all of the misery that he has caused [01:51.74]He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs [01:55.43]Points up to heaven with cathedral spires [01:58.97]All the time indulging in his base desires [02:02.90]Ever since we said it [02:04.59]He went and took the credit [02:06.35]It's been headed this way [02:07.96]Since the world began [02:09.89]When a vicious creature took the jump [02:12.95]From monkey to man [02:14.71] [02:16.70]Monkey to man [02:18.19] [02:20.25]Monkey to man [02:21.76] [02:23.81]Monkey to man [02:25.37] [02:27.05]Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:28.87] [02:32.42]Big and useless as he has become [02:35.30]With his crying statues and his flying bomb [02:38.66] [02:39.34]Goes 'round acting like the chosen one [02:42.09] [02:42.71]Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin [02:45.83] [02:46.59]He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes [02:50.20] [02:53.77]Hoping to Hell someone's forgiven his crimes [02:57.81] [03:01.06]Fills up the air with his pride and praise [03:04.11]He's big disgrace to our beastly ways [03:07.66]In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts [03:11.59]Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts [03:15.56]Ever since we said it [03:17.00]He went and took the credit [03:18.67]It's been headed this way [03:20.18]Since the world began [03:22.11]When a vicious creature took the jump [03:25.23]From monkey to man [03:26.97] [03:28.91]Monkey to man [03:30.29] [03:32.35]Monkey to man [03:33.84] [03:36.03]Monkey to man [03:37.34] [03:39.51]Monkey to man [03:40.95] [03:43.27]Monkey to man [03:44.63] [03:46.75]Monkey to man [03:48.20] [03:50.50]Monkey to man [03:52.56] [03:53.74]Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah [03:56.43] [04:17.05]A long time ago our point of view