My Monkey

Hey this is starting to fall down a little

Why are the children doing what they're doing. Why does
this child reach up and kill his mom and dad and murder his
two little sisters and then, eh cut his throat.

Sanity's a little, sanity's a little
San-san-san-san
Sanity's a little box
San-san-san-san
Sanity's a little box
Sanity's a little, sanity's a little
[This continues on for a bit]

I had a little monkey
I sent him to the country
And I fed him on gingerbread
Along came a choo choo
Knocked my monkey coo coo
And now my monkey's dead

At least he looks that way
But then again don't we all

What I make is what I am
I can't be forever

I had a little a monkey
I sent him to the country
And I fed him on gingerbread
Along came a choo choo
Knocked my monkey coo coo
And now my monkey's dead

Sanity's a little box

Poor little monkey

Make you, break you, make you, break you, lookout
Make you, break you, make you, break you, lookout

What I make is what I am
I can't be forever

We are our own wicked gods
With little g's and big dicks
Sadistic, constantly inflicting, a slow demise

Big dicks, big dicks, big dicks, big dicks
Big dicks, big dicks, big dicks, big dicks

Sanity's a little box

I had a little a monkey
I sent him to the country
And I fed him on gingerbread
Along came a choo choo
Knocked my monkey coo coo
And now my monkey's dead

I had a little a monkey
I sent him to the country
My monkey, my monkey, my monkey, my monkey
My monkey's bought the farm, yeah

The primate's scream of consonance
Is a reflection of his own mind's dissonance

I don't know when to stop when that happens

Available On:

Portrait Of An American Family
Portrait Of An American Family [Promo/Advance CD]

Alternative Versions:

My Monkey [Demo]
My Monkey [Live As Hell]

Song Credits:

Lyrics by Marilyn Manson
Music by Daisy Berkowitz
Boy singing is Robert Pierce (age 6)
The Pitiful Pot Pie Brass Section: M.W. Gacy, Trent Reznor & Sean Beavan
Produced by Marilyn Manson & Trent Reznor
BMI Number: 1894064
Length: 4:31