A long time ago, our point of view
Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
And now the world is full of sorrow and pain

And it's time for us to speak up again

You're slack and sorry

Such an arrogant brood
The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food
We sit here staring at your pomp and pout

Outside the bars we use for keeping you out

You've taken everything that you wanted

Broke it up and plundered it and hunted
Ever since we said it
You went and took the credit

It's been headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man


Monkey to Man

Every time man struggles and fails

He makes up some kind of fairytales
After all of the misery that he has caused
He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs


Points up to heaven with cathedral spires
All the time indulging in his base desires

Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit
It's been headed this way since the world began

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man

Monkey to Man


Big and useless as he has become
With his crying statues and his flying bomb

Goes 'round acting like the chosen one
Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin


He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes
Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes
Fills up the air with his pride and praise

He's a big disgrace to our beastly ways

In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts

Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit

It's been headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man