| Running to and fro, hard working at the mill,
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| Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Salesman talkin¹ to me tryin¹ to run me up a creek,
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| Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Blonde hair, good-looking, trying to get into get me married
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| Get a home, settle down by the book.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Same thing every day, getting up, going to school,
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| No need for me complaining, my objection¹s overruled.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Oh!
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| Pay-phone, something¹s wrong, dime gone, will mail,
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| Oughta sue the operator for telling me a tale.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Been to yokohama, baby, fighting in the war,
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| Army bunk, army chow, army clothes, army car.
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
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| Working in the filling station, too many checks,
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| Wipe the windows, check the oil, check the tires, dollar gas?
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| Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
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| Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you. |