Porcelain Monkey Lyrics

Porcelain Monkey lyrics

Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderon, Zevon Music BMI/Googolplex Music BMI



He was an accident waiting to happen 

Most accidents happen at home 

Maybe he should've gone out more often 

Maybe he should've 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 

He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas 

And his face on velveteen 



From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns 

Through 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 

Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends 

That's how the story ends 

With 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 



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