Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk Lyric) – Poem by Paul Amrod
Sometimes it’s not so easy
I am always busy
Try to catch a word with me
Out into the sunset
Looking for a coquette
I won’t be silent. Ask Me Now
Joking with my buddy
And the day is sunny
Keeping off the newly-mowed lawn
Out into the distance
I do need assistance
I will listen. Ask Me Now
Drifting in a lustless dream
Hanging out along the stream
Keep me in your heart my love
Don’t desert me sadly
I do need you badly
I know I seem helpless
But it isn’t hopeless
Keep me on your calling list
Every night so chilling
and you know I’m willing
Please my baby Ask Me Now