The alien prophet sighed
  The vulture and the magpie took
  The cash box from its hook
  The monkey in the corner wrote
  The figures in his book
  Crazed the checkout lady's fingers
  Flash across the till
  The captain posts
  The menu for the day
  And in banks across the world
  Christians Moslems Hindus Jews
  And people of every
  Race creed colour tint or hue
  Get down on their knees and pray
  The raccoon and the groundhog
  Neatly make up bags of change
  But the monkey in the corner
  Well he's slowly drifting out of range
  Christ it's freezing inside
  The veteran cries
  The hyenas break cover
  And stream through the meadow
  And the fog rolls in
  Though his bottle of gin
  So he picks up a stone
  That looks like a bone
  And the bullets fly
  And the rivers run dry
  And the fat girls sigh
  And the network anchor persons lie
  And the soldier's alone
  In the video zone
  But the monkey's not watching
  He's slipped out to the kitchen
  To pile the dishes
  And answer the phone