The Hedgehog's Song Lyrics - Incredible String Band

I'm not the kind to complain 

That I never had a girl to love 

Many a fine girl I tried hard to know 

But I think I never tried enough 

Sitting one day by myself 

And I'm thinking what could be wrong? 

When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me 

And it starts up to sing me this song 

"Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes 

But you never quite learned the song", she sang 

"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes 

That you never quite learned the song" 

Every day when the sun go down 

And the evening is so very still 

Many a fine girl I've held in my arms 

And I hope there's many more that I will 

But just when everything is going fine 

And absolutely nothing is wrong 

This funny little Hedgehog's always around 

And every time he wants to sing me this song 

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes 

But you never quite learned the song", she sang 

"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes 

That you never quite learned the song" 

One day when the moon was full 

I thought I might settle down 

Found myself a pretty little girl 

And I stopped all my running around 

But just when the preacher come along 

And he's just gonna pop on the ring 

This funny little Hedgehog comes running down the aisle 

And I don't have to tell you what he did sing 

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes 

But you never quite learned the song", she sang 

"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes 

That you never quite learned the song" 

I'm not the kind to complain 

That I never had a girl to love 

Many fine girls I've tried hard to know 

But I think I never tried enough 

But now I'll be looking all my days 

And it isn't just me I got to please 

There's this funny little Hedgehog who's always around 

And the only words he ever sings to me are these 

"Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes 

But you never quite learned the song", she sang 

"I can tell by the sadness in your eyes 

That you never quite learned the song" 

I'm not the kind to complain