Blue Monk

Going' alone, life is your own, but the cost sometimes is dear
Being complete, knowing defeat
Keeping on from year to year

It takes some doing
Monkery's the blues you hear
Keeping on from year to year

Life is a school
Less' your a fool
But the learning brings you pain

Knowing at once
You're just a dunce
Trail and error loss and gain

It takes some doing
Monkery's a slow slow train
Trail and error loss and gain

Finding your one
Place in the sun
Doesn't come the easy way

Shallow or deep
Nothing is cheap
Measured by the dues you pay

It takes some doing
Monkery's a blue highway
Measured by the dues you pay

It takes some doing
Monkery's the blues you hear
Keeping on from year to year
Keeping on from year to year