He was born
where the sycamore wing just happened to fall
And in fact, as far as we're concerned,
he was nobody at all
And everybody said he's
bound to wind up dead
They said, ooh, he is a sad one
Oo h, he is a mad one
You're a careful dick,
there's trouble waiting at the school
They thought you were lazy, little lover,
but they know you're not a fool
They knew his words were wise,
but they borrowed in surprise
They said, ooh, he is a sad boy
Oo h, he is a mad
one
The rocks on the shore were laid
like jewels thrown away
He saw inside them blew the wind
and the colours from the sea
When he bowed to show he cared
the ocean said a prayer
Ooh, bless the sad boy
Oo h, bless the mad boy
Whoever made this is surely
more clever than me
So I'll take to the road and I'll
breathe it until the day I die
And everybody said he's
not right in his head
They said, ooh, he is a sad boy
Ooh, there goes the fat
one
The final spear broke his back,
it never broke his soul
I'll carry his ashes to the king,
as the shadow bell tolls
And everybody said,
when they heard that he was dead
Oo h, he was a sad one
Oo h, he was a mad one