Straight, No Chaser Lyrics - Monk In Italy - Thelonious Monk

Well Monk set it straight, 

It's not a time you can wait, 

You gotta be on, 

you gotta be strong, 

The time is here. 

So trust your life to your ear, 

Don't wait for no one, 

You'll have to go on, 

Because this moment is the place 

Where it happens and there's no one who can 

Help set it straight.Now Monk had a way 

Of being out of his day 

Ahead of his time 

Not in the same rhyme 

With other guys 

He was uncommonly wise 

He knew the answer 

That time's a dancer 

He knew you can't 

Pack up the moment and 

Take it with you on the road 

'Cause now is the time