Standing On The Outside



by Leo Kottke, Mary Kottke

Copyright 1975 Overdrive Music/ASCAP

recorded by Leo Kottke on:

1975 "Chewing Pine" (Capitol)

1978 "Leo Kottke The Best" (Capitol)



I've been on the outside loving you

Seen from far away

Every day that I live for you

All I do or say



Like the song of the whippoorwill

Beneath a cloudy sky

Your love stands in front of me

While I go floating by



People talk about how they feel

But I never hear

You know they only want to get along

I only want you near



So standing on the outside loving you

Can't be so terribly bad

It's awful easy to get along

With what you've never had