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 truth   And say things as they really are   But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth   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 thru   Where's my Robin Hood outfit   Well I've come and I've gone before you wink an eye   No-one ever care enough 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?