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You want to take me to a doctor
 To talk to me about my mind
 To try to give directions to some places
 That I don't really want to find
 Trouble in me is not related
 To things that I might say or do
 I'm really not that complicated
 Your good doctor friend, he oughta talk to you
 I notice that he can't remember
 Things that he never should forget
 Why does he spend his evenings smoking
 Them funny-smelling cigarettes?
 I have a friend that knows your best friend
 He goes some places where she goes
 He said he saw y'all at a party
 Sniffing white powder up your nose
 You got the nerve to call me narrow-minded
 'Cause I'm not loose and indiscreet
 People lying down always get blinded
 By people standing on their own two feet
 Life is just a shadow
 That I just can't seem to find sometimes
 Oh Lordy, sometimes
 But I guess I'll make it
 'Cause I found out that it's really in my mind
 Really all in my mind
 You shouldn't take it too seriously
 'Cause it really ain't gon' last too long
 Really ain't gon' last too long
 You really only got two choices
 You can lay down and be weak
 Or you can stand up where you're at
 And still be strong
 Stand up and still be strong
 Hey, tomorrow depends too much on today
 And yesterday, all that gentleman is to you is gone
 All he is, is gone
 All you find out looking back
 Is the fact that both of us was wrong
 Both of us was wrong
 Hey, now you're talking right to me
 But you really ain't saying a thang
 You're pouring muddy water on me
 Trying to convince me it's rain
 Now you're talking to me crazy
 But you're trying to make me feel insane
 Oh Lordy, feel insane
 You're like a Sunday family
 Digging animals in a zoo
 But while you're looking at monkeys
 Monkey's looking dead at you
 Two people getting done
 Trying to figure out who's doing who
 If you're throwing dirt at people
 You got to get some dirt on you
 I got to take a ton of lies
 Just to get an ounce of truth from you
 You're like a man loving Jesus
 That says he can't stand a Jew
 Get on down and play the dozens
 Talk about your folks
 From your mama to your cousins
 You head down there
 Now you know what I'm talking 'bout
 Get on down and play the dozens
 Talk about your folks
 From your mama to your cousins
 You head down there
 Now you know what I'm talking 'bout
 

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Duration
05:23
Key
4
Tempo
148 BPM

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