one farmboy

maybe it's me
maybe I'm unlucky
but it's plain to see
everyone is fucking
in this no-tell hotel
except for me
oh, how lonesome 
can one farmboy be

why did I leave
Tollerton, Alberta
in New York City
everyone is hurtin'
and I'm damn well sure
I'm the next in line
oh, how much trouble
can one farmboy find

          it's so damn sad
          it's so damn lonely
          it's too damn bad
          I'm the one and only
          man whose life
          is overripe baloney
          compared to everybody else's

I can't stay
it's expensive in Manhattan
papa, start cooking
it's time to grill the fattened
calf and welcome 
your prodigal son back home
oh, how could one farmboy
feel so all alone