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 you're a fool
But the learning brings you pain
Knowing at once, you're just a dunce
Trial and error loss and gain

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

Finding your one place in the sun, doesn't come the easy way
Shallow and 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