They say he was the strangest man you'd ever want to meet He didn't like the towns at all and he kept to the quiet streets But mostly he was in the fields, he always wore a cap The same one for a Sunday as for briardin' up a gap And no one has a photo of this man
No one seemed to know his plan He was lonely as a baby and as gentle as a child And it seems he often spoke of Oscar Wilde
I mind we used to see him on the quiet summer nights Standing by the roadside like a rabbit in the lights He'd never wave, just nod his head, he always wore a tie Some people said that he was odd, others said just shy And no one has a photo of this man
It seems he loved a girl one time but she must have gone away Perhaps he was too quiet or too different in his ways He never bothered after that, got careless with his looks Forgot to shave for seven years and took to reading books And no one has a photo of this man
I saw him in the cornfield sowing with his hand He understood the weather and he understood the land He always wore what once had been a three-piece navy suit The same one for the sowing as for standing of the stooks And no one has a photo of this man
They say he'd stand for hours gazing at the hills His bicycle beside him and both of them were still As statues in the sunset, no one knew his mind But when he died they said that he was kind
We laid him down this morning, the rain was falling fast Those who thought they knew him were with him to the last The priest was sprinkling prayers and holy water in the rain And we said, We'll hardly ever see the likes of him again And no one has a photo of this man