Blue Monk (Monk)

Blue Monk

Телониус Монк

Goin’ alone, life is your own,
But sometimes the cost 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.