I've been trying to write a letter To you, the love of my life I've been staying up day and night But my pen it just won't write So I got me a million monkeys And I gave them a million typewriters Now I just sit here waiting Hoping they can get it right Every girl, that I meet, in a dream, can't compete Oh they all fall far short of you Well I'm doing, way too many things by myself Oh I know they were meant for two I've been trying to write a letter To you, the love of my life I've been staying up day and night But my pen it just won't write So I got me a million monkeys And I gave them a million typewriters Now I just sit here waiting Hoping they can get it right And if I, could go back, to the start, and unpack Oh if I could just rewind Well I lied, to myself, and to you and your heart And now I reside as the furthest thing from your mind I've been trying to write a letter To you, the love of my life I've been staying up day and night But my pen it just won't write So I got me a million monkeys And I gave them a million typewriters Now I just sit here waiting Now I just sit here waiting Now I just sit here waiting Hoping they can get it right