Do you believe...

...not in miracles. Ain't asking about God. But do you believe in monkeys? That is, the kind of monkeys that will eat your soul?

Kinda strange question isn't it? Well I am not 100% sure how this started but sophomore year my apartment had a National Geographic about evolution that sat on our Gatorade bottle table (don't ask). When the McDonald's commercial came on singing "Do you believe in magic?" my roommate Austin looked at me and sang "Do you believe in monkeys..." to which I finished, ad libbing "that'll eat your soul!" The song became a favorite and we even wrote lyrics to the tune of the real song. Obviously we did really well with the ladies that year. Without further adieu our song we wrote (I edited a few lines to make it less about "magic" and more about monkeys, but other than that its what we wrote back then):

Do you believe in monkeys, that’ll eat your soul
don’t make ‘em mad, or you’ll pay the toll
And it's monkeys, they’ll get you in your sleep
they’ll chow down all night without makin’ a peep
I'll tell you about the monkeys, and it'll chill your bones
cause you can’t fend ‘em off with sticks and stones

If you believe in monkeys, don't bother to run
If ya try to hide you’d better have a gun
Just go and watch ‘em, it'll start with a smile
It won't wipe off their face ‘til your bones are in piles
You’re face to face now and you can't seem to find
How you got there, so just blow your mind

If you believe in monkeys, come along with me
We'll dance until morning 'til there's just us that be
And maybe, if we’re lucky the monkeys won’t fight
I'll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night
And we'll go dancing, baby, then you'll see
How the monkeys ate ‘em all, so now it’s just you and me

Yeah, do you believe in monkeys
Yeah, believe in the monkeys that’ll eat your soul
Believe in the monkeys who crush through bones
Believe in the monkeys that can eat your feet
Ohh, talking 'bout monkeys

Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in monkeys
Do you believe like I believe Do you believe, believer
Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in monkeys (that’ll eat your soul)