There was a crazy man lived by the sea
He'd stand on the beach as still as a tree
The wind beat his body, the salt burned his face
The crazy man he, loved that place
The crazy man he, loved that place
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The people thought he was some kind of sage
Who had wisdom from another age
They turned to him to show them the way
The crazy man had nothing to say
The crazy man had nothing to say
"I have no answers, don't ask me why
Maybe someday soon it will all come clear
By and by and by"
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They grew angry and they asked him again
Pleading for answers, he gave them none
He just whispered looking out at the sea
"Look to yourselves and not to me
Look to yourselves and not to me"
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And so they beat him and they drove him away
"He has failed us", they were heard to say
They were afraid, they did not understand
He was just a crazy man
He was just a crazy man
"I have no answers, don't ask me why
Maybe someday soon it will all come clear
By and by
"I have no answers, don't ask me why
Maybe someday soon it will all come clear
By and by and by"