Bombadil - One Whole Year lyrics

One day I went to work, told em I had had enough I was born to be an artist I was meant for paint and brush So I sold all I owned, what I didn't sell I burned And I moved in with my parents, bought supplies with what I'd earned And now all I got to show for these empty cans of paint Is a portrait of my mother, a suburban landscape All the people that I met, all the time that I spent Was a poor man's fortune but it didn't pay the rent I made it one whole year Think it went pretty well but I'll tell you in a minute it was shorter than it felt The nurse called my name and I hobbled to my feet And the test results were good enough to let em set me free Now they're tearing off my casts and I'm trying to recall How to walk and how to dance and how it feels when I fall I pleaded with the judge and I cried to the jury But my lawyer says it's over and I really shouldn't worry I thought I'd get off clean but they heard my past was checkered Don't they know a man is more than what's recorded on the record So they hauled me off in chains and they showed me to my cell It's a place that never rains it's a steel umbrella