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The song describes the singer getting ready to visit a débutantes ball in hell. |
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Revision as of 00:26, 5 March 2011
"Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse" is a song by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon from the 1995 album Mutineer.
About
The song describes the singer getting ready to visit a débutantes ball in hell.
Alongside Warren's other song Porcelain Monkey, Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse was included in the Austin Chronicles article "Monkeying Around". In the article, Melanie Haupt described the song by saying "As a religious icon, the monkey represents the devil and a whole slew of vices. What better way to celebrate this notorious rep than to describe getting ready for a 'debutante's ball' in hell? Written before his grim cancer diagnosis, 'Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse' is a triumph of Zevon's macabre wit as he surveys an apocalyptic party scene he knows we're all invited to in the end."
Lyrics
Note: the text of this song's lyrics is not under the same copyright license as the wiki's encyclopedic text, it is used under fair use/dealing.
Hell is only half full
Room for you and me
Looking for a new fool
Who's it gonna be?
It's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Débutantes ball
And everyone will be there
Who's anyone at all
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go?
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go?
Left eye, right eye
Take a look around
Everybody's heading
For a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning
'Til the break of dawn
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go?
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go?
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Going to a party in the center of the earth
Monkey wash donkey rinse
Honey, don't you want to go?