Runnin' to-and-fro - hard workin' at the mill.
Never failed in the mail yet, come a rotten Bill!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Salesman talkin' to me - tryin' to run me up a creek.
Says you can buy it, go on try it - you can pay me next week, ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Blonde haired, good lookin' - tryin' to get me hooked.
Want me to marry - settle down - get a home - write a book!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Same thing every day - gettin' up, goin' to school.
No need for me complainin' - my objection's overruled, ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Pay phone - something wrong - dime gone - will mail
Ought to sue the operator for telling me a tale - ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Been to Yokohama - been fightin' in the war.
Army bunk - Army chow - Army clothes - Army car, aah!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Workin' in the fillin' station - too many tasks.
Wipe the windows - check the tires - check the oil - dollar gas!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Don't want your botheration, get away, leave me!
Too much monkey business for me!!!
Never failed in the mail yet, come a rotten Bill!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Salesman talkin' to me - tryin' to run me up a creek.
Says you can buy it, go on try it - you can pay me next week, ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Blonde haired, good lookin' - tryin' to get me hooked.
Want me to marry - settle down - get a home - write a book!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Same thing every day - gettin' up, goin' to school.
No need for me complainin' - my objection's overruled, ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Pay phone - something wrong - dime gone - will mail
Ought to sue the operator for telling me a tale - ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Been to Yokohama - been fightin' in the war.
Army bunk - Army chow - Army clothes - Army car, aah!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in!
Workin' in the fillin' station - too many tasks.
Wipe the windows - check the tires - check the oil - dollar gas!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Don't want your botheration, get away, leave me!
Too much monkey business for me!!!
Contributed by Bartleby - 2011/4/21 - 08:58
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Singolo poi incluso nell’album “After School Session” del 1957.
“… Sono stato a Yokohama, a combattere in guerra.
Le cuccette dell’esercito – la sbobba dell’esercito – le divise dell’esercito – i trasporti dell’esercito. Ahh!
Troppe buffonate, troppe pagliacciate,
troppi imbrogli per farmici tirar dentro!...”
Ispirò anche Bob Dylan per la sua “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.
Nella sua bellissima versione del 1968 Elvis Presley sostituì a “Yokohama” il “Vietnam”.
Per la cronaca, Yokohama è una città parecchio martoriata e sfigata in cui non andrei mai a vivere…
Nel 1923 fu squassata da un violentissimo terremoto che uccise più di 100.000 persone e, siccome i giapponesi credevano che il sisma fosse frutto di un maleficio, molti di loro non trovarono di meglio che scagliarsi contro la minoranza coreana presente in città, individuata come responsabile: nel corso del pogrom vennero uccisi per strada tutti quelli che sembravano avere una pronuncia coreana, sicchè a farne le spese furono pure cinesi o giapponesi con inflessioni di altre regioni… Le stime variano tra i 2.000 e i 7.000 morti…
La città di Yokohama fu ricostruita e nel 1945 fu nuovamente rasa al suolo, letteralmente carbonizzata dalla bombe incendiarie lanciate dall’aviazione statunitense: il 29 maggio di quell’anno, nell’arco della sola mattinata, in poco più di un’ora di bombardamento, i B-29 americani bruciarono vive circa 8.000 persone e distrussero il 50% della città…
In seguito Yokohama divenne la più importante base navale americana nel Giappone occupato, avamposto di tutte le operazioni durante la guerra di Corea, ed è a questa guerra che nel 1956 faceva riferimento il grande Chuck Berry: “Too much monkey business for me!!!”