Hermit Mcdermitt

I'm Herman McDermitt

If there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it

I'm HMC in my tower of ivory

If yo find me I'll burn it

You won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust

A hermit I must be

I won't be your criminal

I don't want your laws

Your taxi cabs and cheap kebabs

And dingy dancing halls

I don't want your wedding bells

No top notch salary

It's a cabin in the hills

Or a cottage by the sea for me

I'm Herman McDermitt

If there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it

I'm HMC in my tower of ivory

If yo find me I'll burn it

You won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust

A hermit I must be

You treated me like an afterthought

And after all I'd done

Subjected me to ridicule

That's your idea of fun

O city full of promises and citadels so grand

I said goodbye to you and yours

and left for no-man's land

I'm Herman McDermitt

If there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it

I'm HMC in my tower of ivory

If yo find me I'll burn it

You won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust

A hermit I must be

Living in the wilderness

Brings out the beast in me

I know I'm not the only one

The scent is on the breeze

Some of us have broken hearts

Or a price upon our heads

One day soon we'll all return

And kill you in your beds

I'm Herman McDermitt

If there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm HMC my irregular ways confirm it

I'm HMC in my tower of ivory

If yo find me I'll burn it

You won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust

A hermit I must be