Porcelain Monkey Lyrics

The song Porcelain Monkey is performed by Warren Zevon in the album named Life'll Kill Ya in the year 2000 .



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



Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya

Jan 2000

  1. I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
  2. Life'll Kill Ya
  3. Porcelain Monkey
  4. For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer
  5. I'll Slow You Down
  6. Hostage-O
  7. Dirty Little Religion
  8. Back In The High Life Again
  9. My Shit's Fucked Up
  10. Fistful Of Rain
  11. Ourselves To Know
  12. Don't Let Us Get Sick

Porcelain Monkey