Maybe it's because I'm only starting
 That I think it won't take too long
 Maybe it's because I can see you laughing
 That I think you've got it wrong
 Maybe I could be like Robin Hood
 Like and outlaw dressed all in green
 Someone said what's he gonna turn out like
 And someone else said never mind
 Well I was big and bold and more than twice as old
 As all the cats I'd ever seen
 I grew my hair and bought a suit
 Of shiny white or was it cream
 I shook and shivered danced and quivered
 And stood on a mountain top
 No one came from miles around and said
 Man your music is really hot

 Well I knew what they meant because I was a freak
 My throat was tired and worn
 My pretty face just looked out of place
 As they poured on the scorn
 I wrote on yellow paper from a man who was the king
 He said my boy we'll have some crazy scenes
 There weren't any scenes at all like he was talkin' about
 He must've been the king of queens
 Well I could write a million songs about the things I've done
 But I could never sing them so they'd never get sung
 There's a law for the rich and one for the poor
 and there's another one for singers

 It's die young and live much longer
 Spend your money and sit and wonder
 No one came for miles around
 And said man your music is really funky

 I believe that I must tell the [bad word]  And say things as they really are
 But if I told the [bad word] and nothing but the [bad word]  Could I ever be a star
 Nobody knows who's real and who's fakin'
 Everyone's shouting out loud
 It's only the glitter and shine that gets through
 Where's my Robin Hood outfit
 Well [bad word] and I've gone before you wink an eye
 No one ever cared enought to say goodbye
 The money's good and the time you have
 Fun and games galore
 But you spend your money and lie in bed forgotten
 And you wonder what you did it for
 No one came from miles around
 And said man who's he?