Dan Hicks - Lonely Madman

I never got too far from home
Until my daddy kicked me off the farm
The lesson that I think I did learn then:
I'm never ever comin' home again

The whole thing happen
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 happen to me
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
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 happen to me
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