Daniel Johnston

I Had Lost My Mind

4 Meanings

Add Yours

Q&A

I Had Lost My Mind Lyrics

I had lost my mind.
I lost my head for a while was off my rocker outta line, outta wack.
See I had this tiny crack in my head
That slowly split open and my brain snoozed out,
Lyin' on the sidewalk and I didn't even know it.
I had lost my mind.

Why, i was sitting in the basement when I first realized it was gone.
Got I my car rushed right over to the lost and found.
I said "pardon me but I seem to have lost my mind."
She said "Well can you identify it please?"
I said "Why sure its a cute little bugger
About yea big a little warped from the rain"
She said "Well then sir this must be your brain"
I said "Thank you ma'am I'm always losin' that dang thing."

I had lost my mind.

Submitted by

abeltonia On May 08, 2008

True Love Will Find You In The End

Walking The Cow

Devil Town

Casper The Friendly Ghost

Dream Scream

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

abeltonia

Submitter

2008-05-08 21:16:49

4 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

by topicalrush

17y ago

this is sucha great song i love his off key simplicity

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by bethanypwns

14y ago

so beautiful

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by bethanypwns

14y ago

so beautiful

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by River Wolf

10y ago

Simple, vivid, beautiful, and completely free of bullshit. The documentary "the Devil and Daniel Johnston" has an amazing video of this.