Desperate & Depressed

One, two, three
 I'm pissed off at the number
 Of people that I meet
 Who go to shake my hand
 With a viper up their sleeve
 They freeze me out in the winter
 Burn me up all summer
 Try to take my money
 When I'm desperate and depressed
 Ain't it a mess?
 I've played for free and paid for
 The miles on my truck
 Got no sleep in motels
 'Cause the worry keeps me up
 It almost drives me crazy
 Thinking about my baby
 And how he's gonna love me
 If I'm desperate and depressed
 Can't get no rest
 Momma never told me
 That things would be this way
 Daddy tried to warn me
 That there'd be hell to pay
 And if I can't find the money
 Then I can't buy the time
 I'm stuck here making
 Someone else's dime
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 We busked in Sarasota
 I made 27 bucks
 I wept for Richard Manuel
 Thinking I might have his luck
 You talked behind my back
 But only stabbed me in the front
 But don't think you can hurt me
 'Cause I'm desperate and depressed
 Ain't it a mess?
 Well, please, somebody tell me
 How to make it stop
 This world feels like a roller coaster
 I just can't get off
 Tried rehab and probation
 Tried self-medication
 But none of that can cure you
 When you're desperate and depressed
 Ain't it a mess?
 
 Momma never told me
 That things would be this way
 Daddy tried to warn me
 That there'd be hell to pay
 But if I can't find the money
 Then I can't buy the lie
 Oh, ten percent of nothing
 Ain't a dime
 So, don't you try to sell me back what's mine
 I'll be desperate and depressed until I die