A Most Peculiar Man Lyrics - Paul Simon

He was a most peculiar man 

That's what Mrs. Riordan says and she should know 

She lived upstairs from him 

She said he was a most peculiar man 

He was a most peculiar man 

He lived all alone within a house, 

within a room, within himself 

A most peculiar man 

He had no friends, he seldom spoke 

And no one in turn ever spoke to him, 

cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care 

And he wasn't like them 

Oh, no, he was a most peculiar man 

He died last Saturday 

He turned on the gas and he went to sleep 

With the windows closed, so he'd never wake up 

To a silent world and his tiny room 

And Mrs. Riordan says he has a brother somewhere 

Who should be notified soon 

And all the people said: "What a shame that he's dead, 

but wasn't he a most peculiar man?" 

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