its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I've had enough of this evil day
Cause you don't listen to a word I say
You just tell me that I'm gonna feel better
When my head gets buried in your sweater
I saved the butt from your cigar
I smoked it with the Queen of Myanmar
Ramadan riot and the screams awoke us
You and your sister put my fuck in focus
Monkey hangers got shit to give
But even monkey hangers have a place to live now
A little town on the seaside
I got the why and the whatnot friend
But you forgot to let me know when
Unnatural beauty wins again
Her heart races when you open the door
And you remind her what a lock is for
Take all the credit where credit is due
I take all the credit give none to you
You said one, two, ready, let's go
We're gonna go drinking where the amoral tits go
Big red, she's a big, big bird
Finding life here would be most absurd
Money hangers are kids to me
But even monkey hangers have a place to be
A little town in Teesside
You're making noise like a hungry cat
Without a clue where the rubbish is at
Unnatural beauty does that
Monkey town
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Cause you don't listen to a word I say
You just tell me that I'm gonna feel better
When my head gets buried in your sweater
I saved the butt from your cigar
I smoked it with the Queen of Myanmar
Ramadan riot and the screams awoke us
You and your sister put my fuck in focus
Monkey hangers got shit to give
But even monkey hangers have a place to live now
A little town on the seaside
I got the why and the whatnot friend
But you forgot to let me know when
Unnatural beauty wins again
Her heart races when you open the door
And you remind her what a lock is for
Take all the credit where credit is due
I take all the credit give none to you
You said one, two, ready, let's go
We're gonna go drinking where the amoral tits go
Big red, she's a big, big bird
Finding life here would be most absurd
Money hangers are kids to me
But even monkey hangers have a place to be
A little town in Teesside
You're making noise like a hungry cat
Without a clue where the rubbish is at
Unnatural beauty does that
Monkey town
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Monkey town
Should of let that monkey drown
Monkey town
Lyrics submitted by hornytheclown
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I think the song is about plastic surgery. The female subject wants to get it, the narrator disagrees. She says he'll feel better once it happens (and his "head is buried in her sweater" or enhanced chest).
This experience makes the narrator feel like an outcast and that vanity like the female subject displays is common practice. I think it effects him deeply and he feels out of place. I think that's what the bridge lines are showing (monkey hangers are (presumably) worst off than him, but they have a place in society.
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