Residents - Hard And Tenderly lyrics

rate me

They called me "Mr. X, Indeed", the special ones that saw so deep inside<br />

The souls of those who were so lonely. I was down beneath the bottom, when<br />

My vacant staring caught them gaily parading up and down the<br />

Street-followed by some stinking masses, freeing fumes and giving gasses<br />

To the brown and nearly worn out air. But they had that certain presence<br />

Like the ether or the essence of the cleansing upper atmosphere. Laughing,<br />

Loving, and without a doubt, they simply strode about the streets that<br />

Other creatures left alone. I ran across, myself compulsive, with the<br />

Feeling of a pulsing drum that pounded underneath my skin. A tingling in<br />

My tangled brain was screaming that this was insane, but it also told me,<br />

"Touch it," too.<br />

"Stand aside," I told the masses, and with that I made my passage frome<br />

Lonely to the only side. Openly they smiled to greet me, like they always<br />

Knew they'd meet me somewhere walking up and down the road. I knew I must<br />

Appear as someone far beyond the common come-on, so I could not say my nae<br />

Was Ed. So I said, "I'm Mr. X who wants to come and who expects to help<br />

And guide your efforts to succeed." They laughed a little bit at me, and<br />

Then said, "Mr. X-Indeed," and hugged me somehow hard and tenderly.<br />

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