Monkey Dance Lyrics - T Bone Burnett

She slides across the floor 

Puts her head on his shoulders 

His eyes search for the door 

Even as he pulls her closer 

She is a raging beauty 

He writes I love you truly 

In lipstick on her mirror 

Which leaves her in a furor 

I wanna make you happy 

I wanna make you happy 

I wanna make you happy 

I wanna make you happy 

His fingers brush her face 

She quivers like a fawn 

He's lost in her embrace 

She turns around he's gone 

She knows his lies are barefaced 

As she descends the staircase 

Her clothes are falling off her 

He can't resist her offer 

You wanna make me happy 

You wanna make me happy 

You wanna make me happy 

You wanna make me happy 

We do the monkey dance, it's a crazy feeling 

Monkey dance, what we are concealing 

Monkey dance, we shall be revealing 

We do the monkey dance, when the blows all glance 

Monkey dance, we do the monkey dance 

She has a will of iron 

He reads her Keats and Byron 

Till she can go no further 

He starts to read her Thurber 

I wanna make you happy 

I wanna make you happy 

You wanna make me happy 

You wanna make me happy 

We do the monkey dance, it's a crazy feeling 

Monkey dance, what we are concealing 

Monkey dance, we shall be revealing 

We do the monkey dance, when the blows all glance 

Monkey dance, we become advanced 

Monkey dance, we do the monkey dance 

Monkey dance