Psyche Hospital Blues

My father cried when he dropped me off at rehab

Caused so much pain I didn't even know

In that instant the world seemed smaller

No pyramids, no niagara falls

No lustful women waiting in hotel rooms

No northern lights casting spells up in the sky

No cardinals singing, no rocky mountains

Everything was gone in the blink of an eye

And the snow falls soft and the moon shines bright

We smoke a cigarette and you hold me tight

Everyone's lonely in this crowd

We've all got the psyche hospital blues

It's hard to know just when the storm is over

If we can somehow make it out alive

Speed rivers running, a black moons rising

I'm not too sure how I survived

The birds are restless

The shadow follows

My spirit burns in the depths of the night

A tear shaped clearing in the forest

Let love shine into my life

The tears roll down the palms of the trees

The sun kisses the earth and I'm on my knees

Praying to a god I don't believe

I've got the psyche hospital blues

Sweet surrender

Dharma punks and union thugs

Young offenders

Old timers and one percenters

Sons and daughters

Mothers and fathers

We've all got deeper dreams to dream than psyche hospital blues