monkey and the engineer
the grateful dead
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once upon a time there was an engineer
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drove a locomotive both far and near
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accompanied by a monkey who would sit on his stool
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watching everything the engineer would move
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one day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
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he left the monkey sittin’ on the driver’s seat
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the monkey pulled the throttle , locomotive jumped the gun
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and did ninety miles an hour down the main line run
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big locomotive right on time
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big locomotive comin’ down the line
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big locomotive number ninety – nine
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left the engineer with a worried mind
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the engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone
tell him all about his locomotive was gone
get on the wire , switch operator to write
cause the monkey’s got the main line sewed up tight
switch operator got the message on time
said , there’s a northbound livin’ on the same main line
open up the switch , i’m gonna let her through the hole
cause the monkey’s got the locomotive under control
big locomotive right on time
big locomotive comin’ down the line
big locomotive number ninety – nine
left the engineer with a worried mind
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big locomotive right on time
big locomotive comin’ down the line
big locomotive number ninety – nine
left the engineer with a worried mind
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left the engineer with a worried mind
left the engineer with a worried mind . . .
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copyright 1981 ice nine publishing , inc .
by jesse fuller
the reckoning
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