Monkey And The Engineer lyrics
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Artist: Grateful Dead Album: Reckoning
Lyrics
Once upon a time there was an engineer Drove a locomotive both far and near Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool Watching everything the engineer would move
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat The monkey pulled the throttle, the locomotive jumped the gun And did 90 miles an hour down the mainline run
Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the line Big locomotive no. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind
The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone To 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
The switch operator got the message on time Said there's a northbound limited on the same main line Open up the switch I'm gonna let him through the hole Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control
Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the line Big locomotive no. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind
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