Unknown Hinson - Human Oddity lyrics

My mama disappeared and left me all alone At ten years old I run away from home And I met up with a carnival man I seen money in his eyes as he shook my hand He said, "Where did you get that big black har (hair)? And them thick eyebrows and that evil stare?" And them big sideburns, and them sharp fangs?" For a boy your age you're the damndest thing He said you got a certain quality You're a visual atrocity So how'd you like to work for me as my little human oddity? I was raised in a side show, working as a geek For 3 hots and a cot, 10 bucks a week I primped heads off the chickens in the usual thing Then I played my guitar and I started to sing So the carnival man put my song in the act Every night on the midway my tent was packed He said you got a strange quality You're a country western atrocity But you saved my show from bankruptcy You're my little human oddity I was then discovered by a record man To record my songs he gave me twenty grand I had a new Cadillac, all the liquor I could drank All the womerns I could love, I had money in the bank And the carnival man was brutally slain Some jealous punks had give the sheriff my name I was convicted of the murder of the carnival man I did 30 damn years in the federal can For over a quarter century I wrote my country western dynasty But, now I'm out I'm basically making up the years they stole from me So you'll just have to deal with me I'm your country western human oddity