Bein' alone, life is your own
But sometimes the cost is dear
Bein' complete, knowin' defeat
Keepin' on from year to year
It takes some doing
Monkery's the blues you hear
Keepin' on from year to year
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Life is a school
Less you're a fool
But the learning brings you pain
Know when and 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
Yeah, George
Findin' your one place in the sun
Doesn't come the easy way
Living is cheap, nothing is cheap
Measured by the dues you pay
It takes some doing
Monkery's a blue highway
Measured by the dues you pay
You got to pay them dues, yeah