Crazy from Boy by James Daniel Nelson

I wanna be wild like a child and spin in the wind
To shed inhibitions like a snake sheds its skin
Wanna prance like a dancer, moving to a groove
I wanna roll like a boulder and feel the earth move
Because crazy is as crazy does, isn’t that so
And crazy is what I was not so long ago

I wanna ignore consequences, spare no expense
Leap out of trenches and drop my defense
To run shamelessly, blamelessly bare and uncaring
Daring to live in the present tense
Because crazy is as crazy does, isn’t that so
And crazy is what I was not so long ago

But when you’re a boy crazy is every day, crazy is all you know
You’re in a one boy show and guess who’s the star
When you’re a boy crazy is every day and madness is the status quo
So, from head to toe you are daft, delirious, mad and mysterious
And somewhat oblivious to just crazy you are

Now there are orders and borders, scores of locked doors
There’s attitudes and platitudes and charges and chores
You gotta put away the childish things, and don’t pull the puppet strings
And keep all that crazy locked up in a drawer
Because crazy is as crazy does, isn’t that so
And crazy is what I was before I got old

But when you’re a boy crazy is every day, crazy is all you know
You’re in a one boy show and guess who’s the star
When you’re a boy crazy is every day and madness is the status quo
So, from head to toe you are daft, delirious, mad and mysterious
And somewhat oblivious to just crazy you are

Now I got pills to control all the ills
That I previously thought was me being me
There repair and maintain, keep me docile
Keep me plain and banal and mundane
There’s a price to being sane after all

But when you’re a boy crazy is every day, crazy is all you know
Center stage in a one boy show and everybody knows you’re a star
When you’re a boy crazy is every day and madness is the status quo
So, from head to toe you are daft, delirious, mad and mysterious
And wonderfully oblivious to just crazy you are
 

• 70s Style
• Classic Rock
• Country
• Singer-songwriter
• baby boomers
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