Code Monkey Jonathan Coulton Lyrics Kinetic Typography

Lyrics:

Code Monkey get up get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
But his output stink
His code not "functional" or "elegant"
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you(2X)
Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup, bring you ice
You say no thank you for the soda cause
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle he sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you a lot
Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See your soft pretty face
Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job "fulfilling in creative way"
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you(2X)

[HolyAvgr]

I must've heard this song a million times, and it's just now that I realize it is saying "Code monkey like you" as in "he likes you" and not as in "he IS like you".

[seberusnet]

Please stand for the national 9-5 workers anthem!

[ljoufhk]

Everything from 3:15 on was amazing (I couldn't resist that one)

[StephenLikesToast]

This song makes me really sad and I'm not sure why, still hasn't stopped me repeating it 40 times, JoCo is a genius.

[jackwoodhead]

The fragmented English fits the mood of the song surprising well... almost as well as your animation! Nice!

[DraxonTehWarrior]

Anybody else find this song as brutally sad as I do?

[dudepal]

It is a very poignant song for many, yes. "Code Monkey not thinking so straight. Code Monkey not feeling so great", particularly gets me.

[marchews]

This is how I feel everyday on my university

[vsgfilmgroup]

The sad part is that the version of the song where Code Monkey gets the girl is "Shop Vac."

[SensualPufferfish]

Holy crap this was my favorite song when i was younger, I had no idea jonathan Coulton wrote it. I didn't know I was always a fan of his songs.

[iamasnail]

how many of you remember the show that used this as their OP theme?

[TrevorOnzures]

I've had this song running through my head all day. And trying to reword it to fit my job haha.

[cornap]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this TV show at one point? Didn't last long but still

[grahamking]

'Big warm fuzzy secret heart' & 'See your soft pretty face'.. get me every time :D
Perfect encapsulation right there.
I used to work as a programmer, with unspoken crushes. Just like this.

[HunhowsShadowStalker]

What's with the long period of sillence from 3:08 all the way to the end?

[Singoutholdtight]

I have not heard this song in ages and stumbled back over it and loved it all over again!

[rpiehowicz]

Great Job. I love to see someone who takes the time to do the whole song.

[DillysMusicVideos]

Its the simplicity of the video that makes it work for me. Ive seen some other type and its often overworked but this is pretty cool. Thumbs up form me!

[princecor]

"Code monkey wake up." ok "Code monkey eat a coffee cake" fine"Code monkey take bath" cool"Code monkey take nap" you just woke up though?!?!?!

[buixote]

*pointless* meeting; you got it. Biggest secret is, you can skip/duck out... "oh yeah, , sorry, I had some *work* to do..."! ;-)