Richard Julian - Man in the Hole lyrics

The X marked the spot Where the treasure was rumored to be Or so said the map And so began his odyssey Farewell to my sister Farewell to my friends and the town And the journey was made And he planted his spade in the ground So it was, he became renowned As the man in the hole And he dug and he dug yielding none But a porcelain shard and a key Came the point where the weak will succumb But no sir, no quitter was he Oh, my how conspicuous A man who can stick to his guns Said the raving young beauty Who came bearing cinnamon buns That she baked on the night before For the man in the hole And looking her over he stopped Long enough to say, thanks for the roll Ate the icing clean of the top And went right back to digging his hole She was in awe of him Saw in him something unique And she rose to defend him When gossips attempted to speak All the while with the pile growing steeper Even she came to call him insane He just kept digging deeper and deeper So deep you could smell the chow mien His family, his friends, nobody made sense anymore Ye with no faith, go away, go away from my door Cried the man, cried the man in the hole Cried the man, cried the man in the hole And he dug and he dug, and he dug Till one morning he struck something hard Yes, and lifting the trough from the mud He fell to his knees, oh my God But only the sparrows would hear The great cheer he let go As his call for a witness was answered By his echo As it ricocheted down the trail Of the man in the hole And so finally the ultimate twist As the walls had grown too steep to climb There would be no way out of the ditch And the man saw his fatal design So he covered the floor With sapphires, rubies and pearls Built a throne out of gold Where alone he grew old in his world Goes the tale of the man in the hole