[Verse 1]
The dapper Judas reaches back and slaps the students
He says the mutt was an American man
Well he howls and he puffs after all that he can touch
But his arms, they're never so long as his hands

The troubled leper shuts his eyes and does some guesswork
Oh so carefully with confidence and crayons
Saying, daily my allegiance goes to gardens where graffiti grows
And choirs of competing moans command

Oh and that same troubled leper says it is not just the effort
It will take to finally make my stand
It's a different color collar and a hundred thousand dollars
For a decent piece of arable land

[Chorus]
Oh round the bend, where the grass grows wild over every merry mile
And Dan-Dan Schlemmer sleeps out in the van
There comes one long soft sigh on the wind for you and I
And the good fruit is a bend at every branch

[Verse 2]
The hapless maiden looking back at the bed she's laid in
Says I've yet to meet the man who knows
Well they tell me between heavy breaths that darling after God and death
I long to know what's hid beneath your clothes
And the self-appointed middleman approaches with his brittle hands
Says "I don't ever go that close"
But I wish there were a lover or someone I could lean on
And tell them I know something that they don't

And I would lie, lie, lie if it makes you feel alright
Well it ain't worth the wait to lay alone
But if you have to stay, I will return someday
With every little thing that I have stolen

[Chorus]
Oh there he goes, oh where the grass grows wild over every merry mile
And Danny Schlemmer sleeps out in the van
There comes one long soft sigh on the wind for you and I
And the good fruit is a bend at every branch