BLUE MONK
Lyrics-Ross Schneider C 1973 (Permission from the Thelonious Monk Estate will be required to record these lyrics)
FIRST HE GO PLINK, THEN HE GO PLUNK--
NO ONE IT COULD BE BUT MY MAIN MAN MONK!
NOW HE PLAY ZIG, THEN HE PLAY ZAG-
ALWAYS IN HIS ODD LITTLE BAG
HE WEAR THAT RED HAT-
THERE HE SIT JUS' STROKIN' HIS BEARD-
MUST ADMIT HE SHO' KIN PLAY WEIRD!
WHAT THAT YOU SAY? FAVORITE SONG?
HARDLY RECOGNIZE IT, THE CHORDS ALL WRONG?
WHY CAN'T YOU SEE, HE'S CHARMIN' ME
WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE HARMONY?
MAN HE'S A GENIUS! NOT JUS' SOME BUFFOON LIKE YOU THUNK-
BETTER GET IN TUNE WITH "BLUE MONK"!
WHAT CAN YOU DO? WHERE CAN YOU START?
SHARPEN UP YOUR MIND AND IMPROVE YOUR HEART-
MONK WROTE THIS TUNE--EASY TO SING-
JUST A SIMPLE BLUE LITTLE THING-
BUT BETTER WATCH OUT!
IT COULD MAKE YOUR MIND COME UNDONE
WHEN HE MAKE YOU FIND TWO IS ONE!
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