He was found dead and alone
Nobody had heard his last faint groan
Or knew when his sad heart ceased to beat
No mourner lingered
With tears or sighs
But the stars they looked down with their pitying eyes
And the chill winds passed with
A wailing sound
Over the lonely spot where
His form was found
His name was Jimmy O'Kane
He was Stillwater bound
In 1844 is when he broke ground
On his lonesome camp, how he would
Build it out of that good Adirondack wood
There he would spend the rest of his days
Choosing to live in more
Natural ways
Jimmy O'Kane was a man with no name
A man with no god, no government, no law
And he chased down his days with a free soul, untamed, unbound
That Mr. O'Kane
Well he came, He saw, and he
Conquered all
His woods were his kingdom
And to his kingdom he did call
With a silent howl
A howl known to all like a gale force wind, or a hard rain on a stone
And his stars became one
With the branches of trees
As his mind it wandered
Through the darkness of the pines
He was burdened, and alone
But not alone at all
He had the means to survive, the means to know all
At his lonesome camp how he would
Learn all the things one could know to be good
There he would spend
The rest of his days
Choosing to live in more
Natural ways
Jimmy O'Kane was a man with no name
A man with no god, no government, no law
And he chased down his days with a free soul, untamed, unbound
That Mr. O'Kane
Well his moon hangs low
As its gales they blow
I have known death
And it is not my enemy
Death come take me
Over into the light
Release my burden
With martyred sips of wine
Let the door hang open
For all who choose to see
We are not of a divide we are only I and I just you and me
Our bodies are the vessels
And our souls are their rule
When we want nothing more of this life only then shall we learn the truth
Jimmy O'Kane was a man with no name
A man with no god, no government, no law
And he chased down his days with a free soul, untamed, unbound
Jimmy O'Kane was a man with no name
A man with no god, no government, no law
And he chased down his days with a free soul, untamed, unbound
That Mr. O'Kane
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