827 – The Rolling Stones – Monkey man (1969)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em abril de 1969 e lançada em 5 de dezembro de 1969 no disco Let it bleed.

Foi um tributo ao artista pop italiano Mario Schifano, que eles conheceram no set do filme Umano Non Umano.

Mick Jagger cantou, Keith Richards tocou as guitarras e fez backing vocals. Bill Wyman tocou baixo e vibes. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano e Jimmy Miller tocou pandeiro.

A letra:

I'm a fleabit peanut monkey
And all my friends are junkies
That's not really true

I'm a cold Italian pizza
I could use a lemon squeezer
What you do?

But I've been bit and I've been tossed around
By every she-rat in this town
Have you babe?

But I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too

I was bitten by a boar
I was gouged and I was gored
But I pulled on through

Yeah, I'm a sack of broken eggs
I always have an unmade bed
Don't you?

Well I hope we're not too messianic
Or a trifle too satanic
But we love to play the blues

But well I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too
Monkey woman too babe

I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
Monkey, monkey
Monkey

Monkey
I'm a monkey

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