Lyrics James McMurtry

James McMurtry

Wild Man From Borneo

I'm the star of Captain Midnight's traveling show

Came to this circus many moons ago

My mother's in your story books

She loved a jungle king

Left me standing here alone

Inside the center ring

In a bamboo cage I crossed the raging sea

Like a page torn direct from history

A hairy scary legendary screaming souvenir

Don't you come too close to me

Don't you come too near

I'm the wild man from Borneo

The wild man from Borneo

You come to see

What you want to see

You come to see but you never come to know of

The tattooed lady left the circus train

Left all of her pictures in the rain

And I wonder if you're happy

I wonder if you're free

I wonder if you'll ever know the mark you left on me