Monkey On My Back Lyrics - The Triffids

I have this monkey on my back 

l dare not even mention its name 

But it clambered aboard sometime back 

On the road to my El Alamain 

My sweetheart she swore it was a poison 

Turning my blood into brine 

But I knew for a fact that behind my back 

It was you on my track all the time 

I caught this disease from the bottle and the bed 

but to them I assign no blame 

They were only performing their duty 

It was I who fell into the flame 

It was I who drank from the irrigation ditch 

It was I who buckled up in pain 

Now I dither & I ache & I drag my feet 

Come hail sleet sunshine or rain 

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So come along here mister! 

Put your tiny conscience to rest 

It was I who ascended your sister 

It was I who attended her breast 

It was I who knelt before the graven image 

It was I who did murder her ghost 

But it hurt so much just to love her 

(You hurt the ones you love the most) 

Well now we are sitting at seperate tables 

Somehow things just aren't quite the same! 

But I wish you well and I wish you luck 

And I drink to your health just the same 

And I drink to the names of the ones who have died 

To be washed away into the rain 

But I'm damned if I do & I'm damned if I don't 

even mention Your Holy Name 

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If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out 

If it bothers thee, throw it away 

Rip it out quick and clean by the root 

Don't crawl back to me the next day 

For I have this monkey on my back 

Its webbed fingers they cover my eyes 

Heck it's scratching its track in the small of my back 

And cutting me right down to size