- Lyrics
- Album list
Taupin Bernie
-
Monkey On My Back
Lyricist:Bernie Taupin, Dennis Tufano
There's moonlight on the crystals Laid on the back of my hand Temptation lies in the ocean And I'm laid out in the sand
There's blood on my rear view mirror And a siren in the street There's a fog out here in Malibu And a needle at my feet
There's a mobile home in Carmel Stranded in a trailer park A teenage mother hides herself From the eyes of the loan shark
She's beggin' me, 'Honey, don't go It's not worth the pain You can't go on playin' This dangerous game'
This monkey on my back Left me stranded in L.A. With a busted truck and a chewed up arm And a cravin' in my veins
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com There's a chopper with a searchlight Whirlin' overhead The L.A.P.D.'s on the beach And this bust's been put to bed
Buried deep the white fire heats The slug stuck in my side Runnin' bags for crooked cash Took me one too many miles
It's gotta be over, poor boy Their sights were set on me Never figured sand turned red at night Don't want no sheet over me
They chased me clear down from Monterey But I lost them on the freeway I ran a speedtrap and hell I almost got away So I took Ventura through the mountains
And sunset to the sea They winged me out in the Palisades When I stopped off to get some change But I never got to use the phone They was like Apaches round a wagon train
-
|