The Monkey and the Engineer Songtext
von The Brothers Four

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a money that sit on a stool
Watching everything that the engineer moved

One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
Left the monkey sitting on the driver′s seat
Monkey pulled the throttle locomotive jumped the gun
And made ninety miles an hour on the main line run

Well, the big locomotive and its just in time
The big locomotive coming, coming down the line
Big locomotive number ninety-nine
Left the engineer with a worried mind


Engineer began to call the dispatcher on the phone
Tell him all about a locomotive that was gone
Get on the wire start dispatching 'em right
Cause the monkey got the main line sewed up tight

Switch operator got the message on time
The North Bond limited on the same main line
Open the switch gonna let him in the hole
Cause the monkey got the locomotive under control

Well, the big locomotive and it′s just in time
The big locomotive coming, coming down the line
Big locomotive number ninety-nine
Left the engineer with a worried mind

Big locomotive
Big locomotive
Big locomotive coming, coming down the line
Big locomotive number ninety-nine
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Left the engineer with a worried mind.