Lyrics
Everyday when I rise
And survey the morning sky
I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead
And if I should even try
Cause Just when I think It’s clear
And that I might get outta here
The jungle starts shaking
And my heart is quaking
And I’m overwhelmed with fear
Cause there’s a monkey on my back
And I don’t know what I to do
Cause where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Oh where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Politicians wink and smile
And make promises for awhile
But they play with your money and head
And treat you like you are a child
So why not just send in the clowns
With the circus already in town
With nobody hearing what people are saying
It’s the craziest place around
Oh there’s a monkey on my back
And I don’t know what I to do
Cause where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Oh where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
When politicians stop listening to poets
The narratives all become sad
And when judges pretend they are stoics
Their rulings all make us mad
Don’t think that justice comes easy
For those who compromise
They fill up their coffers with money
And turn the truth into lies
Sanity's gone on vacation
And civility has lost its pride
The goons and the demons are winning
And for dreamers there’s no place to hide
But the Zoo keeper hears the commotion
And he comes with his bundle of keys
And soon all the monkeys will be rounded up
And the clowns brought to their knees
Oh there’s a monkey on my back
And I don’t know what I to do
Cause where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Oh there’s a monkey on my back
And I don’t know what I can do
Cause where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Oh where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Oh where can you run to get away
When you're living in the Zoo?
Written by Rich DuBose. All Rights Reserved 2025.
Recorded by Rich DuBose Music in Cameron Park, California. Mixed and mastered by Doug Holmquist of Mastermind Studios in Nashville, Tennessee