Porcelain Monkey

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 phoneHip-shakin' shoutin' in gold [Incomprehensible]
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkeyHe 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 velveteenFrom 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 gloomLeft behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
That's how the story ends
With a porcelain monkeyHe 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
Porcelain monkey, ohHip-shakin' shoutin' in gold [Incomprehensible]
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkeyHe 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 velveteenPorcelain monkey
Porcelain monkey
Porcelain monkey