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When I'm down
Really down
Nothing matters
Nothing does
I close my eyes
To go to sleep
But I can't sleep
I can't sleep
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
Junior high
I lost my mind
I don't know why
It's a terrible thing
Since that day
It's been a struggle
Trying to make sense
Out of scrambled eggs
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
I painted a bar
And I never got paid
In a town where everyone was unemployed
I was locked in
On Easter day
All I had to eat was a piece of bread
When I got home
My mother said
"You're a lazy bum,
and that's how come
You suffer like that
And you'll starve
All your life
All your life"
Spoken just like it was a curse
But it didn't really sound so bad
I like to make things up
It's the healthiest thing that I do
But I'm tired
From being kidnapped
By a dark wolf that would do me in
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
I'm just saying how I feel
Maybe you could try to understand
I'm a man who needs you
When I'm down
Really down
Nothing matters
Nothing does
I close my eyes
To go to sleep
But I can't sleep
I can't sleep
You can listen
To these songs
Have a good time
And walk away
But for me
It's not that easy
I have to live these songs forever
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
Really down
Nothing matters
Nothing does
I close my eyes
To go to sleep
But I can't sleep
I can't sleep
And save me from myself
I lost my mind
I don't know why
It's a terrible thing
Since that day
It's been a struggle
Trying to make sense
Out of scrambled eggs
And save me from myself
And I never got paid
In a town where everyone was unemployed
I was locked in
On Easter day
All I had to eat was a piece of bread
When I got home
My mother said
"You're a lazy bum,
and that's how come
You suffer like that
And you'll starve
All your life
All your life"
Spoken just like it was a curse
But it didn't really sound so bad
I like to make things up
It's the healthiest thing that I do
But I'm tired
From being kidnapped
By a dark wolf that would do me in
And save me from myself
Maybe you could try to understand
I'm a man who needs you
Really down
Nothing matters
Nothing does
I close my eyes
To go to sleep
But I can't sleep
I can't sleep
You can listen
To these songs
Have a good time
And walk away
But for me
It's not that easy
I have to live these songs forever
And save me from myself
Song Info
Submitted by
everythingatbest On Jul 24, 2008
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As if no one has commented on this song yet... It's so honest, and so fucking true, and so goddam real...I know I repeated myself there, but I have to emphasize how real it is. Fucking love this man... Thank God for Daniel Johnston (or perhaps the Devil, right?)
http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2005_the_devil_and_daniel_johnston_006_big.html This may be the wall of the bar he painted...though I'm assuming he's referring to the bars on the window(s) or door(s) in the asylum...
You can really feel Daniel, here. Man... I love this song but it makes me want to jump off a bridge. We will never understand what he's been through.
This song real gets to me. I can't think of a better, more expressive lyric.