Locomotive Lyrics
| Song | Locomotive |
| Artist | Thelonious Monk |
| Album | Straight, No Chaser |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness | |
| Yeah I'll find a way to cure the pain | |
| If I said that you're my friend | |
| And our love would never end | |
| How long before I had your trust again | |
| I opened up the doors when it was cold outside | |
| Hopin' that you'd find your own way in | |
| But how can I protect you | |
| Or try not to neglect you | |
| When you won't take the love I have to give | |
| I bought me an illusion | |
| An I put it on the wall | |
| I let it fill my head with dreams | |
| And I had to have them all | |
| But oh the taste is never so sweet | |
| As what you'd believe it is- | |
| Well I guess it never is | |
| It's these prejudiced illusions | |
| That pump the blood | |
| To the heart of the biz | |
| You know I never thought | |
| That it could take so long | |
| You know I never knew how to be strong | |
| Yeah, I let you shape me | |
| But I feel as though you raped me | |
| 'Cause you climbed inside my world | |
| And in my songs | |
| So now I've closed the door | |
| To keep the cold outside | |
| Seems somehow I've found the will to live | |
| But how can I forget you | |
| Or try not to reject you | |
| When we both know it takes time to forgive | |
| Sweetness is a virtue | |
| And you lost your virtue long ago | |
| You know I'd like to hurt you | |
| But my conscience always tells me no | |
| You could sell your body on the street | |
| To anyone whom you might meet | |
| Who'd love to try and get inside | |
| And bust your innocence open wide | |
| 'Cause my baby's got a locomotive | |
| My baby's gone off the track | |
| My baby's got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I'm insane | |
| Take a closer look I'm not to blame | |
| No | |
| Gonna have some fun with my frustration | |
| Gonna watch the big screen in my head | |
| I'd rather take a detour | |
| 'Cause this road ain't gettin' clearer | |
| Your train of thought has cut me off again | |
| Better tame that boy 'cause he's a wild one | |
| Better tame that boy for he's a man | |
| Sweetheart don't make me laugh | |
| You's gettin' too big for your pants | |
| And I's think maybe you should | |
| Cut out while you can | |
| You can use you illusion- | |
| Let it take you where it may | |
| We live and learn | |
| And then sometimes it's best to walk away | |
| Me I'm just here hangin' on | |
| It's my only place to stay at least | |
| For now anyway | |
| I've worked too hard for my illusions | |
| Just to throw them all away | |
| I'm taking time for quiet consolation | |
| In passing by this love that's passed away | |
| I know it's never easy- | |
| So why should you believe me | |
| When I've always got so many things to say | |
| Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made | |
| 'Cause playful hearts | |
| Can sometimes be enraged | |
| You know I tried to wake you- | |
| I mean how long could it take you | |
| To open up your eyes and turn the page | |
| Kindness is a treasure- | |
| And it's one towards me you've seldom shown | |
| So I'll say it for good measure | |
| To all the ones like you I've known | |
| Ya know I'd like to shave your head | |
| And all my friends could | |
| paint it red | |
| 'Cause love to me's a two way street | |
| An all I really want is peace | |
| But my baby's got a locomotive | |
| My baby's gone off the track | |
| My baby's got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I'm insane | |
| Take a closer look I'm not to blame | |
| No | |
| Affection is a blessing | |
| Can you find it in your sordid heart | |
| I tried to keep this thing | |
| ta-gether | |
| But the tremor tore my pad apart | |
| Yeah I know it's hard to face | |
| When all we've worked for's gone to waste | |
| But you're such a stupid woman | |
| And I'm such a stupid man | |
| But love like time's got its own plans | |
| 'Cause my baby's got a locomotive | |
| My baby's gone off the track | |
| My baby's got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I'm insane | |
| Take a closer look I'm not to blame | |
| Yeah | |
| If love is blind I guess | |
| I'll buy myself a cane | |
| LOVE'S SO STRANGE | |
| LOVE'S SO STRANGE |
| Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness | |
| Yeah I' ll find a way to cure the pain | |
| If I said that you' re my friend | |
| And our love would never end | |
| How long before I had your trust again | |
| I opened up the doors when it was cold outside | |
| Hopin' that you' d find your own way in | |
| But how can I protect you | |
| Or try not to neglect you | |
| When you won' t take the love I have to give | |
| I bought me an illusion | |
| An I put it on the wall | |
| I let it fill my head with dreams | |
| And I had to have them all | |
| But oh the taste is never so sweet | |
| As what you' d believe it is | |
| Well I guess it never is | |
| It' s these prejudiced illusions | |
| That pump the blood | |
| To the heart of the biz | |
| You know I never thought | |
| That it could take so long | |
| You know I never knew how to be strong | |
| Yeah, I let you shape me | |
| But I feel as though you raped me | |
| ' Cause you climbed inside my world | |
| And in my songs | |
| So now I' ve closed the door | |
| To keep the cold outside | |
| Seems somehow I' ve found the will to live | |
| But how can I forget you | |
| Or try not to reject you | |
| When we both know it takes time to forgive | |
| Sweetness is a virtue | |
| And you lost your virtue long ago | |
| You know I' d like to hurt you | |
| But my conscience always tells me no | |
| You could sell your body on the street | |
| To anyone whom you might meet | |
| Who' d love to try and get inside | |
| And bust your innocence open wide | |
| ' Cause my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| No | |
| Gonna have some fun with my frustration | |
| Gonna watch the big screen in my head | |
| I' d rather take a detour | |
| ' Cause this road ain' t gettin' clearer | |
| Your train of thought has cut me off again | |
| Better tame that boy ' cause he' s a wild one | |
| Better tame that boy for he' s a man | |
| Sweetheart don' t make me laugh | |
| You' s gettin' too big for your pants | |
| And I' s think maybe you should | |
| Cut out while you can | |
| You can use you illusion | |
| Let it take you where it may | |
| We live and learn | |
| And then sometimes it' s best to walk away | |
| Me I' m just here hangin' on | |
| It' s my only place to stay at least | |
| For now anyway | |
| I' ve worked too hard for my illusions | |
| Just to throw them all away | |
| I' m taking time for quiet consolation | |
| In passing by this love that' s passed away | |
| I know it' s never easy | |
| So why should you believe me | |
| When I' ve always got so many things to say | |
| Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made | |
| ' Cause playful hearts | |
| Can sometimes be enraged | |
| You know I tried to wake you | |
| I mean how long could it take you | |
| To open up your eyes and turn the page | |
| Kindness is a treasure | |
| And it' s one towards me you' ve seldom shown | |
| So I' ll say it for good measure | |
| To all the ones like you I' ve known | |
| Ya know I' d like to shave your head | |
| And all my friends could | |
| paint it red | |
| ' Cause love to me' s a two way street | |
| An all I really want is peace | |
| But my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| No | |
| Affection is a blessing | |
| Can you find it in your sordid heart | |
| I tried to keep this thing | |
| tagether | |
| But the tremor tore my pad apart | |
| Yeah I know it' s hard to face | |
| When all we' ve worked for' s gone to waste | |
| But you' re such a stupid woman | |
| And I' m such a stupid man | |
| But love like time' s got its own plans | |
| ' Cause my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| Yeah | |
| If love is blind I guess | |
| I' ll buy myself a cane | |
| LOVE' S SO STRANGE | |
| LOVE' S SO STRANGE |
| Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness | |
| Yeah I' ll find a way to cure the pain | |
| If I said that you' re my friend | |
| And our love would never end | |
| How long before I had your trust again | |
| I opened up the doors when it was cold outside | |
| Hopin' that you' d find your own way in | |
| But how can I protect you | |
| Or try not to neglect you | |
| When you won' t take the love I have to give | |
| I bought me an illusion | |
| An I put it on the wall | |
| I let it fill my head with dreams | |
| And I had to have them all | |
| But oh the taste is never so sweet | |
| As what you' d believe it is | |
| Well I guess it never is | |
| It' s these prejudiced illusions | |
| That pump the blood | |
| To the heart of the biz | |
| You know I never thought | |
| That it could take so long | |
| You know I never knew how to be strong | |
| Yeah, I let you shape me | |
| But I feel as though you raped me | |
| ' Cause you climbed inside my world | |
| And in my songs | |
| So now I' ve closed the door | |
| To keep the cold outside | |
| Seems somehow I' ve found the will to live | |
| But how can I forget you | |
| Or try not to reject you | |
| When we both know it takes time to forgive | |
| Sweetness is a virtue | |
| And you lost your virtue long ago | |
| You know I' d like to hurt you | |
| But my conscience always tells me no | |
| You could sell your body on the street | |
| To anyone whom you might meet | |
| Who' d love to try and get inside | |
| And bust your innocence open wide | |
| ' Cause my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| No | |
| Gonna have some fun with my frustration | |
| Gonna watch the big screen in my head | |
| I' d rather take a detour | |
| ' Cause this road ain' t gettin' clearer | |
| Your train of thought has cut me off again | |
| Better tame that boy ' cause he' s a wild one | |
| Better tame that boy for he' s a man | |
| Sweetheart don' t make me laugh | |
| You' s gettin' too big for your pants | |
| And I' s think maybe you should | |
| Cut out while you can | |
| You can use you illusion | |
| Let it take you where it may | |
| We live and learn | |
| And then sometimes it' s best to walk away | |
| Me I' m just here hangin' on | |
| It' s my only place to stay at least | |
| For now anyway | |
| I' ve worked too hard for my illusions | |
| Just to throw them all away | |
| I' m taking time for quiet consolation | |
| In passing by this love that' s passed away | |
| I know it' s never easy | |
| So why should you believe me | |
| When I' ve always got so many things to say | |
| Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made | |
| ' Cause playful hearts | |
| Can sometimes be enraged | |
| You know I tried to wake you | |
| I mean how long could it take you | |
| To open up your eyes and turn the page | |
| Kindness is a treasure | |
| And it' s one towards me you' ve seldom shown | |
| So I' ll say it for good measure | |
| To all the ones like you I' ve known | |
| Ya know I' d like to shave your head | |
| And all my friends could | |
| paint it red | |
| ' Cause love to me' s a two way street | |
| An all I really want is peace | |
| But my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| No | |
| Affection is a blessing | |
| Can you find it in your sordid heart | |
| I tried to keep this thing | |
| tagether | |
| But the tremor tore my pad apart | |
| Yeah I know it' s hard to face | |
| When all we' ve worked for' s gone to waste | |
| But you' re such a stupid woman | |
| And I' m such a stupid man | |
| But love like time' s got its own plans | |
| ' Cause my baby' s got a locomotive | |
| My baby' s gone off the track | |
| My baby' s got a locomotive | |
| Got ta peel the bitch off my back | |
| I know it looks like I' m insane | |
| Take a closer look I' m not to blame | |
| Yeah | |
| If love is blind I guess | |
| I' ll buy myself a cane | |
| LOVE' S SO STRANGE | |
| LOVE' S SO STRANGE |
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