PORCELAIN MONKEY
(c) 1999 Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderon

He was an accident waiting to happen
Most accidents happen at home
Maybe he should have gone out more often
Maybe he should have answered the phone

Hip-shakin', shoutin' in gold lame`
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
Traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

From a shotgun shack, singing Pentecostal hymns
From the wrought-iron gates to the TV room
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom

Left behind by the latest trends
Eatin' fried chicken with his regicidal friends
That's where the story ends
With a porcelain monkey

He gave it up for a porcelain monkey
Traded it in for a figurine
He threw it away for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

Hip-shakin', shoutin' in gold lame`
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen

Porcelain monkey
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Porcelain monkey
Ha, ha, ha, ha