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You can't imagine so many monkeys in the daily mail
All of them coming anonymously so they leave no trail
I never thought I'd have an admirer from overseas
But someone is sending me stationary filled with chimpanzees.
Some chimps in swimsuits, some chimps are swinging from a vine
Some chimps in jackboots, some chimps that wish they could be mine.
Starsky and Hutch chimps, a chimp who's sitting on the can
A pair of Dutch chimps who send their love from Amsterdam.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
If I had to guess, I'd say the monkey-sender thinks it's great
He's sending me, maybe she's sending me just to see me get irate
I'm losing sleep - and it's gonna be keeping me up all night
I thought it was funny, but now I've got money on a monkey fight.
Some chimps in hard hats, chimps a-working on a chain gang
Some chimps who love cats, burning rubber in a Mustang
A birthday-wishing chimp, a chimp in black like a goth
A goin' fishin' chimp, a British chimp in the bath.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
Somehow they followed me even though I packed and moved my home
No matter what, they come and they come they won't leave me alone
Another monkey in the mail could make me lose my mind
But look at me shuffling through the stack until I finally find
Some chimps in swimsuits
Some chimps in Jackboots
Some chimps in hard hats
Some chimps who love cats
I've got some shaved chimps; that's chimps devoid of any hair
I've got depraved chimps dressed up in women's underwear
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me
Every one is addressed to me
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
All of them coming anonymously so they leave no trail
I never thought I'd have an admirer from overseas
But someone is sending me stationary filled with chimpanzees.
Some chimps in jackboots, some chimps that wish they could be mine.
Starsky and Hutch chimps, a chimp who's sitting on the can
A pair of Dutch chimps who send their love from Amsterdam.
And every one is addressed to me.
He's sending me, maybe she's sending me just to see me get irate
I'm losing sleep - and it's gonna be keeping me up all night
I thought it was funny, but now I've got money on a monkey fight.
Some chimps who love cats, burning rubber in a Mustang
A birthday-wishing chimp, a chimp in black like a goth
A goin' fishin' chimp, a British chimp in the bath.
And every one is addressed to me.
No matter what, they come and they come they won't leave me alone
Another monkey in the mail could make me lose my mind
But look at me shuffling through the stack until I finally find
Some chimps in Jackboots
Some chimps in hard hats
Some chimps who love cats
I've got some shaved chimps; that's chimps devoid of any hair
I've got depraved chimps dressed up in women's underwear
And every one is addressed to me
Every one is addressed to me
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
Song Info
Submitted by
neko-chan On Apr 13, 2004
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It's about a neighbor of Ed's who kept sending chimpanzee postcards to one of Ed's children.
@seeing If I remember correctly, the neighbor only sent one postcard but that was still the inspiration for the song. I'm guessing many of the postcards described were ones they saw on stands in tourist spots. Once the song came out I'm guessing that fans sent them such cards from all over the place.
@seeing If I remember correctly, the neighbor only sent one postcard but that was still the inspiration for the song. I'm guessing many of the postcards described were ones they saw on stands in tourist spots. Once the song came out I'm guessing that fans sent them such cards from all over the place.
i like this song. mostly because i like to try to sing along to it but my tounge wont move that fast. :)
I heard Steven Page talk about this song on the radio a few months back. It's about a stalker (man or woman?) who keep sending him postards with monkeys on them.
hurm. well i love bnl. i like how they can take simple seemingly nonsense lyrics and yet they still have some meaning. maybe im reading way too much into it, but perhaps its about how some people only give you superficial crap and dont mean anything. maybe?
So wait, was there really a chimp-stalker, or is it made up? I mean, I'm sure they get lots of chimp-cards now that the song is out, but before that?
I love BNL but this song is just commercial air time. Maybe their is some meaning about the clutter of our lives gathered from well meaning friends and after awhile there just isnt anymore room. the way of the world
Comedic, yes? Ed does a brilliant job on this, and so do the other guys :-)
anyone know where you can even get postcards with chimps on them?
To neo979: I read that the song is actually inspired by the truth...Someone really kept sending them monkey postcards. To baseball08: It's hard to buy a postcard that DOESN'T have a chimp on it in Ocean City MD.
This song is about a stalker that the band had. No matter where they went, annonomous postcard with different chimps on them were sent to them. This is song is NOT about junk mail or email spam. It isnt about the clutter in our lives. It is about this stalker that sent those monkey postcards to the different band members.