"The Loner" lyrics - NILS LOFGREN

He's a perfect stranger
Like a cross of himself and a fox
He's a feeling arranger
And a changer of the ways he talks

He's the unforeseen danger
The keeper of the key to the locks
Know when you see him
Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide
It's the loner

If you see him in the subway
He'll be down at the end of the car
Watching you move
Until he knows he knows who you are

When you get off at your station alone
He'll know that you are
Know when you see him
Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide
It's the loner

There was a woman he knew
About a year or so ago
She had something that he needed
And he pleaded with her not to go

On the day that she left
He died, but it did not show
Know when you see him
Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide
It's the loner