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Crazy As a Loon

John Prine

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

John Prine

Vocals

Pat McLaughlin

Mandolin

Dan Dugmore

Steel Guitar

Dave Jacques

Bass

Jason Wilber

Rhythm Guitar

Paul Griffith

Drums

Phil Parlapiano

Phil Parlapiano

Accordion

Shawn Camp

Lead Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Prine

Songwriter

Pat McLaughlin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Prine

Producer

Gary Paczosa

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Back before I was a movie star

Straight off of the farm

I had a picture of another man's wife

Tattooed on my arm

With a pack of Camel cigarettes

In the sleeve of my T-shirt

I'm headin' out to Hollywood

Just to have my feelings hurt

[Verse 2]

That town will make you crazy

Just give it a little time

You'd be walkin' round in circles

Down at Hollywood and Vine

You'll be waitin' on a phone call

At the wrong end of a broom

Yes, that town'll make you crazy

Crazy as a loon

[Verse 3]

So I headed down to Nashville

To become a country star

Every night you'd find me hangin'

At every honky tonkin' bar

Pretty soon, I met a woman

Pretty soon, she'd done me wrong

Pretty soon, my life got sadder

Than any country song

[Verse 4]

That town will make you crazy

Just give it a little time

You'll be walkin' round in circles

Lookin' for that country rhyme

You'll be waitin' on a phone call

At the wrong end of a broom

Yeah, that town'll make you crazy

Crazy as a loon

[Verse 5]

So I gathered up my savvy

Bought myself a business suit

I headed up to New York City

Where a man can make some loot

I got hired Monday morning

Downsized that afternoon

Overcome with grief that evening

Now I'm crazy as a loon

[Verse 6]

So I'm up here in the Northwoods

Just starin' at a lake

Wonderin' just exactly how much

They think a man can take

I eat fish to pass the time away

'Neath this blue Canadian moon

This old world has made me crazy

Crazy as a loon

[Verse 7]

Lord, this world will make you crazy

Crazy as a loon

Written by: John E. Prine, Pat McLaughlin

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