A Curious Man
He knew what he meant, but he never could say
When he told everybody, they all turned away
He left without touching the hem of the crowd
He was maybe too stupid or even too proud
But then he came and he whispered to me
A serious, curious nonentity
I listened to him, and as he began
I realised that here was a serious man
He quoted from Nietzsche, he quoted from Jung
He read from the thoughts of Mao Tse Tung
But all the time, I knew him to be
A serious, curious nonentity
He talked of his life and of people he'd known
He told of the things his experience had shown
He stuck to my side like a Siamese twin
He often grew tired, but he never gave in
Not that anybody could see
The serious, curious nonentity
It's a long time ago, but I'll never forget
The glow in the light of his last cigarette
The laughter that followed the end of the joke!
It seemed to get lost in the circular smoke
Ring he blew so effortlessly
The serious, curious nonentity
When he told everybody, they all turned away
He left without touching the hem of the crowd
He was maybe too stupid or even too proud
But then he came and he whispered to me
A serious, curious nonentity
I listened to him, and as he began
I realised that here was a serious man
He quoted from Nietzsche, he quoted from Jung
He read from the thoughts of Mao Tse Tung
But all the time, I knew him to be
A serious, curious nonentity
He talked of his life and of people he'd known
He told of the things his experience had shown
He stuck to my side like a Siamese twin
He often grew tired, but he never gave in
Not that anybody could see
The serious, curious nonentity
It's a long time ago, but I'll never forget
The glow in the light of his last cigarette
The laughter that followed the end of the joke!
It seemed to get lost in the circular smoke
Ring he blew so effortlessly
The serious, curious nonentity
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Writer(s): Trevor Midgley
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