Everybody’s Got the Monkey Songtext
von David Lee Roth

From L.A. to New York
London to Moscow
The monkey be screamin′
He's spreadin′ his hell
The monkey be God
He'll make you beg on your knees
He'll be jonesin′ for somethin′
To make you well

Everybody's got the monkey
Hitter sub all humankind
Everybody got the monkey
You got yours and I got mine


He′s hungry for wealth
He's hungry for power
He′ll make you so numb
And cold to the core
The hunger for love
The hunger of lust
Make you crave the very thing
You try to ignore

Everybody's got the monkey
Hitter sub all humankind
Everybody got the monkey
You got yours and I got mine
Everybody′s got the monkey
In his head or on his back
Everybody got the monkey
What I say is a simple fact

Humpers and head trucks
Junkies and juicers
Psychos and users
Abusers and neuroses
Problem brothers
To TV viewers
There's a monkey for every man
I'll be damned


Everybody′s got the monkey
Hitter sub all humankind
Everybody got the monkey
You got yours and I got mine
Everybody′s got the monkey
In his head or on his back
Everybody got the monkey
What I say is a simple fact
Everybody's got the monkey