He's a perfect stranger,
Like a cross of himself and a fox.
He's a feeling arranger
And a changer of the ways he talks.
He's the unforeseen danger
The keeper of the key to the locks.
Know when you see him,
Nothing can free him.
Step aside, open wide,
It's the loner.

If you see him in the subway,
He'll be down at the end of the car.
Watching you move
Until he knows he knows who you are.
When you get off at your station alone,
He'll know that you are.
Know when you see him,
Nothing can free him.
Step aside, open wide,
It's the loner.

There was a woman he knew
About a year or so ago.
She had something that he needed
And he pleaded with her not to go.
On the day that she left,
He died, but it did not show.
Know when you see him,
Nothing can free him.
Step aside, open wide,
It's the loner.

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• Cinnamon Girl
• Comes a Time
• Cortez The Killer
• Hey Hey, My My
• I Am a Child
• Like a Hurricane
• Lotta Love
• My My, Hey Hey
• Powderfinger
• Sedan Delivery
• Sugar Mountain
• The Loner
• The Needle & The Damage Done
• Tonight's The Night
• When You Dance I Can Really Love