O Anomia

from Recluses Unite! by Al Duvall

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lyrics

Oh once I was reclusive once I was a shut-in
I'd sit in total darkness so my shadow wouldn't butt in
Oh misery loves company yes I could sure see why
But lately I'm so sociable I hang my head and cry
Oh once I was a flogger I made those prisoners scream
I wound up in a bakery beating eggs and whipping cream
I worked as a contortionist just trying to make ends meet
I'm the white sheep of the family I failed them as a cheat
O! Anomia why don't you care for me?
I've come home from Antietam with a stump below my knee
My gal's wrapped round my finger 'cause my hand is in her purse
Her folks say when I bring her home at least she can't do worse
She bought a fancy frock and met some menfolk from Manhattan
The top half of the frock was felt the bottom half was satin
A lawyer came a' courting, and thirteen kids he give her
But thirteen is unlucky so she drowned one in the river
She goes into the grove and at the little grave she grieves
And seeing how it's Arbor Day she packs her trunk and leaves
The granger grins and grinds his grains as he's done all his life
But stranger sins his mind restrains until he's found a wife
Then one day through his stockyards there ripped a big tornado
The next day it rained rounds of beef away down in Laredo
I'm rolling down the road now with my neck upon the track
I sold my soul and now the devil wants his money back
Two wrongs don't make a right sir it might take eight or nine
At least that's what they tell the doughboys falling by the Rhine