Running to-and-fro, hard working at the mill
Never fail, in the mail, yeah come a rotten bill
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Salesman talking to me, trying to run me up a creek
Says you can buy, go on try it
You can pay me next week, ahh!
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Blonde haired, good looking trying to get me hooked
Want me to marry, get a home
Settle down, write a book, ahh!
Too much monkey business too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Same thing every day getting up, going to school
No need for me complaining, my objection's overruled, ahh!
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Pay phone, something wrong, dime gone, will mail
I ought to sue the operator for telling me a tale, ahh!
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Been to Yokohama been fighting in the war
Army bunk, Army chow, Army clothes, Army car, ahh!
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Working in the filling station, too many tasks
Wipe the windows, check the tires
Check the oil, a dollar gas, ahh!
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
I don't want your botheration, get away, leave me be!
Songwriter
Chuck Berry
Producers
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Released
September 1956
Recorded
April 16, 1956, Chicago
Label
Chess
B-side
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Recorded
April 16, 1956, Chicago,
Illinois, United States
Arrested on charges of unemployment
He was sittin' in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
She said "Free that brown-eyed man
If you want your job you'd better free that brown eyed man"
Flyin' across the desert in a TWA
I saw a woman walkin' 'cross the sand
She been walkin' 30 miles en route to Bombay
To meet a brown-eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown-eyed handsome man
Way back in history, 3000 years
In fact, ever since the world began
There's been a whole lotta good women sheddin' tears
Over a brown-eyed handsome man
It's a lot of trouble for the brown-eyed handsome man
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her, "Darling, go out and find
Yourself a brown-eyed handsome man
Just like your daddy, he's a brown-eyed handsome man"
Marlo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To meet a brown-eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man
Two-three the count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Roundin' third, he was headed for home
It was a brown-eyed handsome man
That won the game, it was a brown-eyed handsome man
Vocalist, Guitar: Chuck Berry
Piano: Johnnie Johnson
Tenor Saxophone: L.C. Davis
Bass Guitar: Willie Dixon
Drums: Fred Below
Songwriter
Chuck Berry
Producers
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
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