One Monkey Can Stop a Show Songtext
von Bobby Rush

I was laying down one night, I was listening to the radio
This song came on, talking about one month, I don′t stop, no show
When I heard this song, y'all, it sound like me
One woman won′t do, uh, she got to have three

One woman to pick him up, ah, one woman laying down
One woman to fix the food, one to hurt, two not around
Be careful, man, the one to cook dinner for you
'Cause there ain't no telling, boy, what she might do to you

She′ll take a breath one morning, she′ll bring it to your bed
If you feed it to your dog, your dog will fall dead
Now here's one thing I want you to know
One monkey can stop a show
Oh, yes, he can, one monkey can stop a show


Don′t want you to be like my friend Paul up in Rockland, Maine
The woman caught him cheating, ha, and she cut off his dangling
Now when he go to the bathroom, he has to sit down and pee
It hurt him so bad when he go all in the sea
Woo-wee!
That's what you get, y′all when you spread yourself too thin
You get caught up on the losing end

There's one thing I wanna tell you, boy
Boy, I go, one monkey can stop a show
Uh-huh, one monkey can stop a show
Talk about the train keep on rolling, but the train can be stopped
One woman get jealous and knock you off your block

Too many eyes in the fire, you′re gonna get burned, yeah
Too many cooks in the kitchen, what a lesson you learned
Too much water in a glass, ha, it'll overflow
Three in one, ha, just won't go

Here′s one thing I want you to know
One monkey can stop a show
Oh, yes, he can
One monkey can stop a show

One monkey can stop a show
Tell y′all, tell y'all
One monkey can stop a show
I′m talking 'bout


She′ll take a little gooby dust
Sprank it all around your bed
Wake up the next morning, find your own self dead
That's why I say one monkey

Can stop a show, oh yeah
One monkey
Can stop a show
Oh, yes, she can
One monkey can stop a show