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 Intro | G#min6|x8

He seemed no different from the rest

Just a healthy normal boy

His mama always did her best

And he was his 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.

Temporary catatonic

 Madman on occasion

 When will he break out

 Of his solitary shell?

 | G#min6|x4

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?

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