He seemed no different from the rest   Just a healthy normal boy   His mama always did her best   And he was daddy's pride and joy      He learned to walk and talk on time   But never cared much to be held   and steadily he would decline   Into his solitary shell      As a boy he was considered somewhat odd   Kept to himself most of the time   He would daydream in and out of his own world   but in every other way he was fine      He's a Monday morning lunatic   Disturbed from time to time   Lost within himself   In his solitary shell      A temporary catatonic   Madman on occasion   When will he break out   Of his solitary shell      He struggled to get through his day   He was helplessly behind   He poured himself onto the page   Writing for hours at a time      As a man he was a danger to himself   Fearful and sad most of the time   He was drifting in and out of sanity   But in every other way he was fine      He's a Monday morning lunatic   Disturbed from time to time   Lost within himself   In his solitary shell      A momentary maniac   With casual delusions   When will he be let out   Of his solitary shell