Mental Illness

My medication’s not working anymore

            I’ve got a mental illness

            That makes me want to kill us 

The yellow lines keep swerving in the road 

            I’ve got to get away

            But they won’t let me get away 

I see my shadow always lurking in the door 

            I’m strapped in tight

            See the needle in the light 

My condition always keeps me on the floor 

            Feed me pills all day

Keep sharp objects away 

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This mental illness wants to put me away 

            Returning from the war

            Got to settle the score 

Because I might be a danger to my self 

Shell shocked, mind fucked

All they say is good luck 

Because the proof is in the pudding 

What doesn’t kill you

Can only make you stronger 

I don’t want to live here –

I don’t want to live any longer!
 

Pruno

Cotton mouth cat trap with sand paper lips
Got them sunken-in cheek bones, boiled sirloin tips
Goosestep marching 'round your studio apartment
Whiskey money’s gone – all done spent

Pruno! – Pruno!

Pear, grape or apple, makes no difference to me
Head swollen like a ball, the buzz is always free
Huffing gasoline in recycled paper bags
Chopping up paint chips – father is a fag

Pruno! – Pruno!

Comfort Food

And when I come home from a hard day chopping wood

My baby feeds me cornbread, makes me feel so good

I said when I come home from a hard day chopping wood
My baby feed me cornbread, it makes me feel so good
She give me blackeyed peas with ham hocks, it’s comfort food

Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Gotta have ham and black-eyed peas
Collared greens, cornbread and biscuits
Gotta have it all, gotta have it all ...