Lyrics

Hello psychiatric ward, I bought some things I can’t afford
And I don’t know if I can take them back
I used to be a little kid, and then some things I went and did
And now those things are bracing for attack

The wooden nurse began to pounce, and take my serotonin counts
She said I’d better find myself a friend
I said, “That’s great, where should I look?” And she handed me a travel book and said,
“Anyplace will do you’ve never been.”

I feel fine
I’m going to lose the rest of my mind
I feel fine
I’m going to lose the rest of my mind

They tell me to carry on, take some pills… chase the dawn
Until the paranoia passes by
But I had to start the tape again to remind me of where I’ve been
To remind me of where I’ve been denied

Here I stand without a crutch, and I don’t know if it hurts as much
As what I always told myself it would
But you know some days I’d rather die, and I have to stop and wonder why
…it has to feel so bad to feel this good

I feel fine
I’m going to lose the rest of my mind
I feel fine
I’m going to lose the rest of my mind

I’m old enough to think that I know better
I’m young enough to keep mailing out this letter
I’m dumb enough to think that I could get her
I must have been really high

All these fools went to school, to learn to judge while others rule
To get what someone else already got
They all achieved their earned degrees, their accolades and fallacies
And now they know most everything they’re taught

Yeah, maybe I’ve grown cynical, but that’s O.K., my heart is full
I realize that I’m the one who’s blind
So goodbye psychiatric ward, the state will pay my room and board
I’m going now to lose…to lose the rest of my mind

I’m losing my mind