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The Smartest Monkeys [Demo Version]

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The Smartest Monkeys [Demo Version]

Release date: 20th April 2015

About This Track

"The Smartest Monkeys [Demo Version]" is a track by XTC, released 20th April 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

The Smartest Monkeys [Demo Version]

Well man created the cardboard box to sleep in it

And man converted the newspaper to a blanket

Well you have to admit that he's come a long way

Since swinging about in the trees

We're the smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

The evidence is all around

Our brains are bigger this we've found

The smartest monkeys

Well man discovered the park bench can make a transition

And the rubbish tip makes a valid form of nutrition

With discoveries like these

Civilization agrees

To give itself a pat on the back

We're the smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

The evolution's plain to see

We're the dominant of the species

The smartest monkeys

We're the smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

We brought the caveman from the stone age

To the subways of the modern world

How they pack so many in

Quick call the Guinness Book of Records

Well you have to admit

That he's come a long way

Since swinging about in the trees

We're the smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

The evidence is all around

Our brains are bigger this we've found

The smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

The smartest monkeys

The evolution's plain to see

We're the dominant of the species

The smartest monkeys

The evidence is all around

Our brains are bigger this we've found

The smartest monkeys, okay

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