Can't Put That Monkey On My Back - Riley Puckett

Oh you can't make me believe that good is evil

And you can't make me believe that snow is black

I won't believe that there's a storm

In the shining monday morn'

Now you can't put that monkey on my back

Oh three o' clock this morning

And I heard you when you sneak into the shack

Oh you said you stay up late

Swinging on the garden gate

But you can't put that monkey on my back

Oh I saw you in the cafe with a fellow

And you said you just drop in for a snack

But the fellow name was Fred

And your cousin Fred is dead

Now you can't put that monkey on my back

Oh you said that you was going to your grand-ma

But your grand-ma don't live

Close the railroad tracks

Baby there's another thing

She don't buy you diamond ring

Now you can't put that monkey on my back

Oh you love me when I have a lot of money

And now that my money is gettin' flat

Oh you said that you'd be true but I know

Just what you'll do

Now you can't put that monkey on my back

Oh you said you went to visit your mother

When you meet me kind of flat

Just to make it short and brief you know

Your mother's on relief

Now you can't put that monkey on my back

And now that my song is nearly ending

I will be to call goodbye

I've been singing for awhile

And manipulate for awhile

Just to pile in those monkeys on my back