When I'm down, really down,
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Nothin' matters. Nothin' does.
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I close my eyes, go to sleep.
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But I can't sleep. I can't sleep.
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Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.
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Junior High I lost my mind.
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I don't know why. It's a terrible thing.
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Since that day it's been a struggle
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Trying to make sense out of scrambled eggs.
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Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.
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I painted a bar and I never got paid,
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In a town where everyone was on foot.
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I was locked in on Easter day.
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All I had to eat was a piece of bread.
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When I got home my mother said
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"You're a lazy bum and that's how come
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You suffer like that and you'll starve
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All your life. All your life."
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Spoken just like it was a curse,
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But it didn't really sound so bad.
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I like to make things up,
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It's the healthiest thing that I do.
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But I'm tired
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From being kidnapped
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By a dark wolf that would
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Do me in.
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Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.
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I'm just saying how I feel.
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Maybe you could try to understand.
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I'm a man who needs you.
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When I'm down, really down
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Nothin' matters. Nothin' does.
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I close my eyes to go to sleep,
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But I can't sleep. I can't sleep.
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You can listen to these songs,
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Have a good time and walk away.
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But for me it's not that easy.
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I have to live these songs forever.
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Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself.
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Peek A Boo
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| Daniel Johnston |
