Chinese Zodiac Placemat Monkey (Album Version) Lyrics

Well the Chinese Zodiac Placemat Monkey took the Tiger for a spin

They drove off laughing at that ancient wisdom but they never came back again

The Rat and the Dragon still miss the primate shake their heads and sing the blues

Say their friend was an enthusiastic achiever but so easily confused

And that's the trouble, that's the line we're lookin' for

A perfect circle, keep us comin' back for more

The unexpected, when we've seen it all before

Give me the facts, Jack, the number on hit encore

The left leaning centrist denounced his party

And the right let the center down

The undecided independent voter

Packed up and clear left town

Newspaper man was hard strapped for cash

So he stretched the truth online

Got a couple million clicks a day

But every word was a waste of time

And that's the trouble, that's the line we're lookin' for

A perfect circle, keep us comin' back for more

The unexpected, when we've seen it all before

Give me the facts, Jack, the number on hit encore

Got an app on your phone to stay connected

But you've never felt so alone

Got a map in your phone to show you where to go

But you're locked up tight at home

Blue skies above, I mean skies of blue

With those pretty summer clouds so fine

But that remote control to your television set's

Workin' days, catchin' overtime

And that's the trouble, that's the line we're lookin' for

A perfect circle, keep us comin' back for more

The unexpected, when we've seen it all before

Give me the facts, Jack, the number on hit encore

It's a sign of the times

It's a headline

It's the joke in the rhyme

It's the punchline

It's the crocodile tears

It's the sum of all fears

It's the end is near

It's the horn blowin' in your ears

Well the truth don't matter when it's mixed with lies

Ain't a clean hand in the game

So choose your clown and confirm your bias

The outcome stays the same

Losing faith in man is the natural course

Keeping faith in the process is the war

Flames fan high, divide to conquer

Its chaos that we're achin' for

And that's the trouble, that's the line we're lookin' for

A perfect circle, keep us comin' back for more

The unexpected, when we've seen it all before

Give me the facts, Jack, the number on hit encore