I rise in the morning and the day unravels
Like dust from a old musty rug
I write it all down in my old trusty journal
And it reads just like so much humbug
I don’t think I believe what I’m saying
I don’t know exactly how I feel
And that not knowing it makes me anxious
I can’t tell ya what is real
High above heaven and under your spell
Part of me knows that I’m not a good guy
Especially when I give in to rage
The part of my brain that controls my good sense
Gets sent back to the stone age
Do I have any say-so in how I behave
Or am I ruled by my emotion
The thought that I can not do the wrong thing
It’s such a strange notion
There’s a battle in me for what reigns supreme
Between he ego and id
Who will be the winner and who will lose
It might take me down, God forbid
I wish I were smarter and little bit strong
But I’ve been battered like an old boat
Ain’t no Caribbean wind gonna fill my masts
Barely any life left in this nasty old goat
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