IN WALKED BUD ( A THELONIOUS MONK LYRIC) Inventive, creative and smart as hell Instinctive clear as a bell He’s comical and he’s a winger Amazing and blazing His fingers are on flying by Distinctive and really sly and followed by all his singers Getting the groove He’s on the move Singing pantomime Feelin’ […]
Read more "IN WALKED BUD"HACKENSACK (A THELONIOUS MONK LYRIC) POEM BY PAUL AMROD I got to be hung on a rack The day is not done till I buy a six-pack I drink it down boldly My aunt she just told me We’re stuck in Hackensack I took the blame and the rap To keep my friend from […]
Read more "HACKENSACK"Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk Lyric) – Poem by Paul Amrod Sometimes it’s not so easy I am always busy Try to catch a word with me Out into the sunset Looking for a coquette I won’t be silent. Ask Me Now Joking with my buddy And the day is sunny Keeping off the newly-mowed […]
Read more "ASK ME NOW"Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk Lyric) – Poem by Paul Amrod He’s walkin’ his beat He’s got tired feet my friend He’s stalkin’ real fast and havin’ a blast event He’s rollin’ his eyes to keep a disguise in set His name is Rootie Tootie He circles the block and watches the clock in time […]
Read more "LITTLE ROOTIE TOOTIE"Monk’s Mood (Thelonious Monk Lyric) – Poem by Paul Amrod Lazy, fading softly Languid is the attitude Lost amidst a daydream Maybe so it seems as if I’m in Monk’s Mood. I am feeling blissful Nothing perturbs me now Bluebirds shall whistle sweetly and subdued I’m lost inside of Monk’s mood I sing a song […]
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