[Chorus 1]
E C#m
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer; I've got so much to say
E C#m
I'm not schizophrenic I just haven't had my medicine today
A
People they act like they've never seen a king before
F#m B F#
But when I just am that I am they tell me "there's the door"
[Refrain]
B
Cause I am a freak
A riddle
G#m
The kind you love too little
E
I am the one you call "the other"
C#m
You can't take home to mother
B
I am the angst
Provider
G#m
The ultimate outsider
E
And I'm not welcome where the work is
C#m
Not in your homes or in your churches...
[Chorus 2]
E C#m
My tongue is the pen and I feel inspired unusually today
E C#m
My bed at the bridge kept me warm all night til the sky turned cold and gray
A
At noon on the corner I shout out words they can't ignore
F#m B F#
Cuz' nobody sees they're too busy making money, kids and war
[Refrain]
B
Cause I am a freak
A riddle
G#m
The kind you love too little
E
I am the one you call "the other"
C#m
You can't take home to mother
B
I am the angst
Provider
G#m
The ultimate outsider
E
And I'm not welcome where the work is
C#m
Not in your homes or in your churches...
[Bridge]
C#m A
Cry me a river
E G#m
With an ocean all around
A F#m E B F# E
So many strangers live right among you now
B F# E
There right here right now
[Refrain]
B
But I am a freak
A riddle
G#m
I may have just a little
E
But I might be a savior or a brother
C#m
A someone's long lost mother
B
Maybe I'm not like the scriptures
G#m
And I don't fit your pictures
E
But maybe an angel's come between us
Who knows?
E F#
I might be Jesus...
[Refrain]
C#
I am a freak
A riddle
A#m
The kind you love too little
F#
I am the one you call "the other"
D#m
You can't take home to mother
C#
I am the angst
Provider
A#m
The ultimate outsider
F#
But maybe an angel's come between us
Who knows?
F# G#
I might be Jesus...