Blue Monk - Various Artists

Written by：Thelonious Monk

Goin' 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 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 a blues you hear

Keeping on from year to year

Keeping on

From year

To year