Black Sheep Boy

from Wikipedia: "Hardin's song, "Black Sheep Boy", apparently tells the story about himself returning to his heroin addiction. The song is said to thematize a visit to his family which caused said relapse after he got offered heroin by a local, after he had been clean for a longer time. ...He sold his writers' rights in the late 1970s. Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose in 1980,[7] and his remains are buried in the Twin Oaks Cemetery in Turner, Oregon." I think it is a sad song of self-knowledge. ' ...the family's unowned boy ....Golden curls of envied hair'. He had it all except the love of his family, a vacuum which probably led to his overdose. Substance addiction and a health family life don't coexist.

i have it on pretty good authority, as told by a neighbor and schoolmate of Hardin's at South Eugene HS, that the song was written following some time he spent at his Uncle's farm. They had sheep among other animals and H's dad remarked something about Tim being the black sheep of the family which caused him later to start in on the song. "envied hair" apparently refers to a wig his older cousin had that some guy on the street once offered her money for. "see the shine" -- H. had a sebaceous gland problem Hardin had earlier in his life which caused his skin to appear oily & wet. He contrasts this to "pretty girls w. faces fair" . Anyway it's a great song especially the melody and chords i think.

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!