Committed to Parkview
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1. There’s a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor,
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he
thinks he’s Hank Williams, hear him singing through the door.
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There’s a girl in 203 who
stops by to visit me,
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and
she talks about her songs and the star that she should be.
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There are lots of special
people staying in or passing through,
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and
for one thing or another committed to Parkview.
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2. There’s a girl in 307 coming down on Thorazine,
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and a
superstar’s ex drummer trying to kick Benzedrine.
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There’s a boy just below me
who’s the son of some well known,
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he
was brought in by his mother because his daddy’s always’s
gone.
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There’s a bum from down on Broadway
and a few quite well to does,
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who
have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview.
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3. There’s a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead,
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they
don’t know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head.
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There’s a writer and a singer
who has tried and tried and tried,
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they
just brought him in this morning, an attempted suicide.
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There are those that never made it, those that did but now are
through,
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some
came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview.
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4. They wake us about 6:30 just before the morning meal,
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while
they’re taking blood pressure they ask us how we feel.
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And I always say fantastic, there ain’t nothing
wrong with me,
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and
then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep.
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And the days are kind of foggy
and the nights are dreamy, too,
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but
they're taking good care of me, committed to Parkview.
(Highwaymen)