Monkey To Man 



A long time ago, our point of view 

Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew 

Now the world is full of sorrow and pain 

It's time for us to speak up again 



You're slack and sorry 

Such an arrogant brood 

The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food 

We sit here staring at your pomp and pout 

Outside the bars we use for keeping you out 



You've taken everything that you wanted 

Broke it up and plundered it and hunted 

Ever since we said it 

You went and took the credit 

It's been headed this way since the world began 

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man 



Every time that man struggles and fails 

He makes up some kind of fairytales 

After all of the misery that he has caused 

He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs 



Points up to heaven with cathedral spires 

All the time indulging in his base desires 

Ever since we said it 

He went and took the credit 

It's been headed this way since the world began 

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man 



Big and useless as he has become 

With his crying statues and his flying bomb 

Goes ‘round acting like the chosen one 

Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin 



He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes 

Hoping to hell that someone's forgiven his crimes 

Fills the air with his pride and his praise 

He's big disgrace to our beastly ways 



In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts 

Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts 

Ever since we said it 

He went and took the credit 

It's been headed this way since the world began 

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man 



Elvis Costello – Vocals and Gibson Super 400 Guitar; Steve Nieve – Upright Piano, Vox Continental and Hammond Organ; Davey Faragher – Vocals