Monkey - Dear Reader

Galileo, Marriage of Figaro

You have shown the world where we ought to go

Mother, Mahatma, Madiba, together forever

Wondrous things beyond what I can understand

The television where I watched a doctor grow a human hand

Great woman and men

You can say that again

You are nothing like them

What does it take to be great, is it fate?

What does it take to be great, is it fate?

What it takes to be great is a tortured state

As a child you drew up an impressive list

Astronaut, fire-woman, archaeologist

Something that mattered

Oh darling, you had it

What happened?

What does it take to be great, is it fate?

What does it take to be great, is it fate?

What it takes to be great is a tortured state

And fate

So you can home

Why would you want to be great anyway?

Why would you want to be great anyway?

When you die with your name on history’s slate

You’ve still passed away

Why would you want to be great anyway?

Why would you want to be great anyway?

What it takes to be great is a tortured state

And I know you’ve got that, mate

But fate

You can go home

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go home now

You can go