Is it done? Are they gone? Am I alone? I'm alone It's done They're Gone I am a genius Charles, you are an unadulterated genius You are an indisputable extraordinary What was that? Not a thing You're a fool You are alone And it begins
Careful, Careful Mustn't get excited, Mustn't overdo it Softly, Tip toe You'll get used to it in no time Look at it! Beautiful! What a place to live, What a place to write! I shall be inspired I shall turn out elegies and sonnets Verses by the ton At last I have a home, And nobody will know No one in the world Nobody will know I'm here! I am free! I am free!
Goodbye my friends and good riddance Pardon while I disappear Come see me soon in my hideaway If you can find me I'm here Farewell you blood sucking landlords Pouring your threats in my ear Good luck forever to you and yours If you can find me, I'm here
And I'll stay Cozily hiding by day During the day I'll resign Waiting till you go away But at nine Masters of all I survey Everything gets to be mine to own Mine to use Mine to write All the poems I choose All alone Only me and my muse and forty pianos and ten thousand shoes
Farewell Neanderthal neighbours Swilling your pretzels and beer Fair weather friends will you miss me now? If you can find me I'm here
Goodbye despoilers of beauty Ruin another career When you wake up with one genius less If you can find me I'm here And I'm free Free as a bird in a tree Free as the slippers I wear Free with a years warantee Free as air All of these products and me All that I ask is a chair that tilts Books to read Light refreshment before I proceed And a blazer or maybe a tweed The barest essentials a poet would need
Live in your barbarous jungle screaming for ways to get clear When all the screaming has died away Come and visit my hide away I will be glad to provide a way If you can find me I'm here I am here I am here I am here I am here I am