"I'm bent on proving that you can make living as a musician and not die young and crazy like Mozart."John Cale
Lyrics
Jumbo In Tha Modernworld
Jumbo's having lunch with the king of beasts
AKA the lord of the jungle
Wants to talk [a riot] with a giraffe
Who's eating up his favorite shade tree
Water disappeared overnight
when the buffalo lost sight of the hippo
Blame it on the monkey
Blame it on the monkey
How's he gonna be in the modern world
Blame it all on the monkey
How's it gonna sound in the Sea of Japan
Blame it all on the money
Blame it on the monkey
Blame it on the monkey
Blame it on the monkey, yayayehyehyehye...
Blame it on the monkey, ooh
Blame it on the monkey
A-yadda yadda yadda, wha wha wha
A-yadda yadda yadda, wha wha wha
A-yadda yadda yadda, wha wha wha
About this song
Jumbo in tha Modernworld was released as a digital download on June 19, 2006. Live debut at The Garage in London - January 25, 2006.
A CDEP version was announced but withdrawn. Promo copies exist which also includes an instrumental version of the song. The video can be found on the DVD of Circus Live. Comes as a bonus 7 inch 45rpm with the 3LP version of that album.
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