Dan Hicks Lyrics
"Lonely Madman"

I never never got too far from home
Till my daddy kicked me off the farm
The lesson that I think I did learn then
I'm never ever comin' home again
I'm never ever comin' home again
The whole thing happened just the way it should
Fell into some people who could not do me no good
But "good" was not quite good enough for me
Something happened to me, can't you see?
Something happened to me, can't you see?
Can't you see, can't you see?
The river runs wide when the rain does fall
The rose on the vine will grow so tall
To leave me behind in the cold n' all
To leave me behind like a beggin' dog (like a beggin' dog)
Like a beggin' dog (like a beggin' dog) like a beggin' dog

Like a beggin' dog, I'll lie here till I'm gone
They'll sweep me away into the evening fog
For the lonely madman, that ain't really too bad
Something happened to me, what have I said?
Something happened to me, what have I said?
What have I said, what have I said?
The river runs wide when the rain does fall
The rose on the vine will grow so tall
The fruit on the trees you catch as you can
There's only the leaves for the lonely madman (for the lonely madman)
For the lonely madman (for the lonely madman) for the lonely m-m-m-madman
Something happened to me, what have I said?
Something happened to me, what have I said?
What have I said, what have I said?
What have I said?