Fat Man And Dancing Girl - Suzanne Vega

I stand in a wide flat land

No shadow or shade of a doubt

Where the megaphone man met the girl with her hand

That’s covering most of her mouth

Fall in love with a bright idea

And the way a world is revealed to you

Fat man and the dancing girl

And most of the show is concealed from view

Monkey in the middle

Keeps singing that tune

I don’t want to hear it

Get rid of it soon

MC on the stage tonight

Is a man named Billy Purl

He’s the International Fun Boy

And he knows the worth of beautiful girl

Stand on the tightrope

Never dreamed I would fall

Monkey in the middle

Keeps doing that trick

It’s making me nervous

Get rid of it quick

I stand in a wide flat land

No shadow or shade of a doubt

Where the megaphone man met the girl with her hand

That’s covering most of her mouth

Does she tell the truth?

Does she hide the lie?

Does she say it so no one can know?

Fat man and the dancing girl

And it’s all part of the show, you know?

Stand on the tightrope

Never dreamed I could fall

Monkey in the middle

Keeps singing that tune

I don’t want to hear it

Get rid of it soon

Monkey in the middle

Keeps doing that trick

It’s making me nervous

Get rid of it quick