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 new and new Monkery's the blues, you hear Keeping on from year to year Life is a school, lest you're a fool But the learning brings you pain Knowing at once, you're just a dice Trial and error, loss and gain It takes some new and new Monkery's the slow, slow train Trial and error, loss and gain It takes some new and new Monkery's the slow, slow train Finding your one place in the sun Doesn't come the easy way Shallow and deep, nothing is cheap Measured by the dues you pay It takes some new and new Monkery's the blue highway Measured by the dues you pay It takes some new and new Monkery's the blues, you hear Keeping on from year to year Keeping on from year to year Keep on from year to year