I Am a Rock - Live at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - November 1969

A winter's day
 In a deep and dark December
 I am alone
 Gazing from my window
 To the streets below
 On a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow
 I am a rock
 I am an island.
 I've built walls
 A fortress deep and mighty
 That none may penetrate
 I have no need of friendship
 Friendship causes pain.
 It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
 I am a rock
 I am an island.
 Don't talk of love
 Well, I've heard the words before
 It's sleeping in my memory
 And I won't disturb the slumber
 Of feelings that have died
 If I never loved, I never would have cried
 I am a rock
 I am an island.
 I have my books
 And my poetry to protect me
 I am shielded in my armor
 Hiding in my room
 Safe within my womb
 I touch no one and no one touches me
 I am a rock
 I am an island
 And a rock feels no pain
 And an island never cries.