ORGAN GRINDER

(Steel/Dangerfield/Plain)

From LP “Punk Rock Menopause”

The organ grinder makes music, sometimes he works all night
Punching holes in music scrolls, to get the tunes just right
He gets up in the morning, and makes his way to town
The music fills the market square and the people gather round
 
Oh yeah, and the monkey dances
Yeah, yeah, the monkey dances
 
One day the monkey came to say, it’s time for me to leave
Consider, said the grinder, we work best as a team
You’re wrong screeched the monkey, it’s me they come to see
Watch them when we’re playing, their eyes are all on me
 
Oh yeah, and the monkey dances
Yeah, yeah, the monkey dances
 
Down in the city, with the grifters and the thieves
The grinder plays his music, it satisfies his needs
The monkey joined the circus and moves from town to town
Working for peanuts and playing with the clowns