I Don't Know That Guy - Greg Brown

Me, I’m happy-go-lucky-

Always ready to grin

I ain’t afraid of loving you-

Ain’t fascinated with sin

So who’s this fellow in my shoes-

Making you cry?

I don’t know that guy

Who took my suitcase?

Who stole my guitar?

And where’s my sense of humor?

What am I doin' in this bar?

This man who’s been drinking

And giving you the eye-

I don’t know that guy

Hey!

I’ve heard him complainin'

'bout piddly little stuff

I’ve watched him do nothin'

And say he can’t get enough

He’ll blame his Momma and Daddy

For the world passin' by

And I don’t know that guy

There’s rain across Kansas

There’s a roadside hotel

There’s a man and a woman

And things are going well

So why is he leavin'

Without so much as goodbye?

I don’t know that guy

Why can’t he come out with it?

Why can’t he laugh it off?

Why can’t he be a fool like me?

Why can’t he be soft?

Why does he run from his lover?

Why doesn’t he cry?

I don’t know that guy

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