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The Monkeys are Asleep Today

from Deconstructing Madness: The Mental Disorders Show by NCN

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This piece appears in the program 'Deconstructing Tap' and also the program '4.4: Type 4 Personalities in an Unhappy World' by NCN. It is based on a poem by Phineas Narco. Music is from 'Sex Farm' and is 'sung' by an electronic voice.

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The monkeys are asleep today
I saw them down on fifth street
bumming cigarettes and staring
at the cracks there in the floor

The monkeys are asleep today
they're sending out their resumes
auditioning for plays we've seen
a thousand times before

The monkeys are asleep today
I see them laughing nervously
their bare-faced painted smiles
they just don't cut it anymore

The monkeys are asleep today
They're trying to walk upright
but the lives upon their backs
won't let them quite fit through the door

The monkeys are asleep today
they're getting laid in restroom stalls
their backs are up against the walls
with nothing in their hands

The monkeys are asleep today
they're crawling in the sidewalk cracks
they're much too tired for fighting back
they fill the shopping malls

The monkeys are asleep today
they're sitting in their cubicles
I saw them crossing Market Street
with briefcases in tow

The monkeys are asleep today
they're getting stuck in traffic jams
they haven't figured out quite yet
they've got nowhere to go.

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from Deconstructing Madness: The Mental Disorders Show, released February 4, 2011
Lyrics by Phineas Narco

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The National Cynical Network San Jose, California

The National Cynical Network (NCN) is a long-running, SF Bay Area alternate programming media remix project. It originally consisted of a trio of SF Bay-Area based radio collage artists: Phineas Narco, Ronald Redball and Alexander T. Newport. NCN seeks to play *with* music , using sound, and video media samples in the process of media collage or 'mediage'. ... more

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