Why can't a guy and a girl be friends?
Why do they always assume we're a couple?
A buddy is there til the very end
A lover will only get you in trouble
Monkey-Boy climbed to the top of a tree
He called down to Greenhat, "Come and join me!
I'll show you the mountains, I'll show you the sea"
But she just turned and she said
"No I won't do it
I don't want to try
I know I'll just hurt myself if I do
The thought of it scares me though I'm not sure why
But you go ahead and try it if you want to"
Monkey-Boy floated around in the water
He looked for Greenhat and finally saw her
He told her, "Come on and I'll teach you to swim"
But she shook her head and wouldn't go in
"No I won't do it
I don't want to try
I know I'll just hurt myself if I do
The thought of it scares me though I don't know why
But you go ahead and try it if you want to"
But then one day there was something amiss
The Monkey-Boy fell and hung on by his fist
He never looked down and he couldn't let go
He knew of the rocks in the water below
Next thing he knew, Greenhat grabbed his hand
They climbed down the tree and stood on firm land
She said to him, "Monkey-Boy, I should have known
One shouldn't act like a monkey alone
"I know I can do it if only I try
I know and I will and I'll learn it someday
I won't be afraid if I just take my time
So I'll come along if you show me the way"
So he taught her to swim in the deepest of seas
And he helped her to climb up the tallest of trees
But the reason she learned from the Monkey-Boy see
Is because he taught her to say
"I know I can do it if only I try
I know and I will and I'll learn it some day
I won't be afraid if I just take my time
So I'll come along if you show me the way"
I know I can do it if you show me the way
And me and the Monkey-Boy are here to this day.