A Monkey On My Back ft. Natalie Foster & Ryan Shupe Lyrics

Once I awoke and had to choke while sitting on the sack

For in my ear I heard a sneer…A monkey on my back

I felt ashamed, and heaven blamed

For who would cut me slack; If people saw my flaky flaw

A monkey on my back

I stretched and stomped, clanged and clomped

But failed with each attack

For sitting there behind my hair

A monkey on my back

I looked about when I went out

For something I could smack

Perhaps a rock to throw and knock

A monkey on my back

I snap my wrists, I clap my fists

I sneeze my nose, I freeze my toes

Stomp down with a smack, jump into the air

But the monkey, monkey, monkey's always there

A monkey on my back

I chose the dump where I could slump

And hide from the attack

For all my fear felt like a sneer from

A monkey on my back

A dog and trash, a fall and crash

Then everything went black

The darkest pit, I still felt it

A monkey on my back

So here I cry, a broken guy, all strung up on a rack

But on my knee, I now can see

A monkey on my back

As up I REACH, you lift and teach

To cut myself some slack

The light of sun shows everyone has

A monkey on my back

I snap my wrists, I clap my fists

I sneeze my nose, I freeze my toes

Stomp down with a smack, jump into the air

But the monkey, monkey, monkey is always there

A monkey on my back

So now I know they help us grow

And give us jokes to crack

So break the trance, come join the dance

With a monkey monkey, monkey monkey, monkey monkey, monkey on my back

A monkey on my back