CHORUS

I'm Hermit McDermitt, if there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm Hermit McDermitt, my irregular ways confirm it

I'm Hermit McDermitt, in my tower of ivory

If you find me, I'll burn it, you won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust, a Hermit I must be

I won't be your criminal, I don't want your laws

Your taxi cabs and cheap kebabs and dingy dancing halls

No, I don't want your wedding bells, no top notch salary

It's a cabin in the hills or a cottage by the sea for me

CHORUS

You treated me like an afterthought, and after all I'd done

Subjected me to ridicule, that's your idea of fun

Oh, city full of promises and citadels so grand

I said goodbye to you and yours, and left for no-man's land

CHORUS

Living in the wilderness brings out the beast in me

I know I'm not the only one, whose scent is on the breeze

Some of us have broken hearts or a price upon our heads

One day soon we'll all return and kill you in your beds

Whoa

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah), if there's a better way I'll learn it

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah), my irregular ways confirm it

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah) in my tower of ivory

If you find me, I'll burn it, you won't see me for dust

There's no one I trust, a Hermit I must be

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah)

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah)

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah)

I'm Hermit (yeah) McDermitt (yeah)

I'm Hermit McDermitt