The Soul Singer The Waterboys

He gets away with being rude
'Cause everyone's scared of his quicksilver moods
The soul singer
He's been around for fifty years
Every crease of his face is a souvenir
The soul singer

He's seen it all, made every move
Dude's got next to nothin' left to prove
Climbed to the top, been through the wringer
Ladies and gentlemen, the soul singer!

Likes to grumble, lovеs to scoff
About all of the cats who ripped him off
The soul singеr
His all time favourite song
Is the one about how the world done him wrong
The soul singer

They call him curmudgeon, say he's a churl
Stories follow him 'round the world
Hear this one, man, a humdinger!
Ladies and gentlemen, the soul singer!

Experts gather wherever he goes
But what's in his mind none of them knows
The soul singer
He's done crazy, he's suffered loss
For the life that he lives he's paid the cost
The soul singer