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Abbey Lincoln - Blue Monk (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Composer
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Translation

Lyrics

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.
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