Some monkey try and make your world so complicated Some monkey leave while you carry his heavy load Some monkey tells you that your life is over-rated Shouting at the cars while he's lying in the road Let this monkey go Some monkey paints an eerie picture of your future Some monkey yells and throws the canvas on the floor Some monkey lives to smash your face into the mirror The monkey laughs while he's walking out the door And after all those things I saw I just never want to get that low And now my only words of wisdom are Well you've got to let this monkey go I climbed the winding path up a rainy mountain The monkey followed me and said this is the end Jump off the edge cos you've nothing left to live for I grabbed his tail and said after you my friend And after all those things I saw I just never want to get that low And now my only words of wisdom are Well you've got to let this monkey go And after all those things I saw I just never want to get that low And now my only words of wisdom are Well you've got to let this monkey go