John Prine — Crazy As A Loon

Back before I was a movie star straight off of the farm I had a picture of another man's wife tattooed on my arm With a pack of Camel cigarettes in the sleeve of my T-shirt I'm headin' out to Hollywood just to have my feelings hurt That town will make you crazy, just give it a little time You'll be walking 'round in circles down at Hollywood and Vine You'll be waitin' on a phone call at the wrong end of a broom Yes, that town'll make you crazy, crazy as a loon So, I headed down to Nashville to become a country star Every night you'd find me hangin' at every honky-tonk and bar Pretty soon I met a woman, pretty soon she done me wrong Pretty soon my life got sadder than any country song That town will make you crazy, just give it a little time You'll be walking round in circles lookin' for that country rhyme You'll be waitin' on a phone call at the wrong end of a broom Yea, that town'll make you crazy, crazy as a loon So I gathered up my savvy, bought myself a business suit I headed up to New York City where a man can make some loot I got hired Monday morning, downsized that afternoon Overcome with grief that evening, now I'm crazy as a loon So I'm up here in the North Woods just staring at a lake Wondering just exactly how much they think a man can take I eat fish to pass the time away neath this blue Canadian moon This old world has made me crazy, crazy as a loon Lord, this world will make you crazy, crazy as a loon