The monkeys are laughing
as the lilies bloom
Today the sun was shining
Shining very bright
Glowing oh so white
But I was locked inside my room
And I couldn’t reach the light
The laundry’s spinning round
The last tree gets cut down
And everybody’s happy
with the money they’ve made
But I’m crying for the child
I couldn’t save
She couldn’t see the trees
blowing in the breeze
I didn’t find the key
in time to open the door
They’re stoning Mary on the corner
The sky is cloudy gray
The grass is gray
The world is gray
The monkeys cannot see
how destruction didn’t pay
I’m chained to the bed
’cause I tried to say
Please let it be easy
to live without a mask
Mary under a pile of rocks
could not save you now
You’re blocking out the sun, so go away
All I want is pretty skies
to start the day
Let me out of my room