Keep those leapin' lizards off my back
Right off my back
'Cause they're blockin off the highway to the sun
And it's my sun
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
There's a shiny monkey standing in the light
Right in the light
And he scratches in my window every night
Most every night
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
Well I'll tell you what I want now
If it's not too much to ask
It's the jewel inside the wound inside your soul
Well I made my bid for diamonds
'Cause it's what I'm supposed to do
But I think I'm much more comfortable with coal
Keep those leapin' lizards off my back
Right off my back
There's a valley in my head that's calling me
And it's all green
But I haven't earned the beauty
Ya know it's way too good for me
And I'll do my best to twist it if I must
So I'll take another mission
And I'll scrape another town
And I'll watch my little valley turn to dust
Right off my back
'Cause they're blockin off the highway to the sun
And it's my sun
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
There's a shiny monkey standing in the light
Right in the light
And he scratches in my window every night
Most every night
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, yeah
Well I'll tell you what I want now
If it's not too much to ask
It's the jewel inside the wound inside your soul
Well I made my bid for diamonds
'Cause it's what I'm supposed to do
But I think I'm much more comfortable with coal
Keep those leapin' lizards off my back
Right off my back
There's a valley in my head that's calling me
And it's all green
But I haven't earned the beauty
Ya know it's way too good for me
And I'll do my best to twist it if I must
So I'll take another mission
And I'll scrape another town
And I'll watch my little valley turn to dust