Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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I guess you've noticed that my arms don't fit in my old suits
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I guess you've noticed that I'm eating lots of jungle fruits
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Anyway more than I used to
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I used to be so tall and thin
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Now I'm not exactly sure which phylum I'm in
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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And there's nothing modern science can do
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Keeping the thumb but I'm getting dumb
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I guess you've noticed that I can't sit still at dinner-time
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I guess you've noticed that I quit my job and I learned to sign
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Now I have to use a razor every-where
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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And there's nothing modern science can do
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Why get so angry at me?
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I don't under-stand how you expect me to defend my actions
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Knowing what you now know
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Monkey one and monkey two
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Monkey me and monkey you
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Monkey see and monkey
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Do you still love me
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Now that I'm a monkey?
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I guess you've noticed that I drag my knuckles when I dance
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I guess you've noticed that I stuff a tail in-side my pants
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I used to see a movie now and then
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Now I'm never gonna watch King Kong a-gain
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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I guess you've noticed that my arms don't fit in my old suits
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I used to be so tall and thin
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Now I'm not exactly sure which phylum I'm in
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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And there's nothing modern science can do
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Keeping the thumb but I'm getting dumb
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I guess you've noticed that I can't sit still at dinner-time
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I guess you've noticed that I quit my job and I learned to sign
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I used to have a little body hair
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Now I have to use a razor every-where
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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And there's nothing modern science can do
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Why get so angry at me?
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I don't under-stand how you expect me to defend my actions
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Knowing what you now know
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Monkey one and monkey two
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Monkey me and monkey you
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Monkey see and monkey
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Do you still love me
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Now that I'm a monkey?
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I guess you've noticed that I drag my knuckles when I dance
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I guess you've noticed that I stuff a tail in-side my pants
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I used to see a movie now and then
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Now I'm never gonna watch King Kong a-gain
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And I know there's a monkey in the future for you
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