Blue Monk

Goin' alone
Life is your own
But the cost sometimes is dear
Being complete
knowing defeat
Keepin' on from year to year
It takes some doing
Monkery's the blues you hear
Keepin' 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
Nothin' is cheap
Measured by the dues you pay
It takes some doin'
Monkery's a blue highway
Measured by the dues you pay