hermit mcdermitt

i'm hermit mcdermitt

if there's a better way i'll learn it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

my irregular ways confirm it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

in my tower of ivory

if you 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

no

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 hermit mcdermitt

if there's a better way i'll learn it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

my irregular ways confirm it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

in my tower of ivory

if you 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

oh

city full of promises and citadels so grand

i said goodbye to you and yours

and left for no-man's land

i'm hermit mcdermitt

if there's a better way i'll learn it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

my irregular ways confirm it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

in my tower of ivory

if you 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

whose 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 hermit mcdermitt

if there's a better way i'll learn it

i'm hermit mcdermitt

my irregular ways confirm it

i'm hermit mcdermitt in my tower of ivory

if you 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'm hermit mcdermitt

i'm hermit mcdermitt

i'm hermit mcdermitt

i'm hermit mcdermitt

i'm hermit mcdermitt