three alamo twist with a side of frijoles

ah was feelin' kinda sickly
ah was feelin' kinda bent
so ah axed some folks about it
and this is how it went
ah looked up my old doctah
he axed whats your complaint?
ah said it isn't what Ah am
ah thinks its what i ain't
ah sat down on his table
and he tapped my boney knees
he said the problems in your head
gimme forty dollahs please
so ah checked in at the clinic
for some psychiatric care
ah told them what my name was
and ah offered up a prayer
they sent me to a doctah
who had a shaggy beard
he said his name was Doctah Fraud
now ain't that kinda weird?
he axed if ah was paranoid
or maybe schizophrenic
ah said sometimes ah got morose
even when its scenic
he looked at me with baleful eyes
and then ah heard him say
the illness that you're sufferin' from
is known as mind decay
it comes from wantin' somethin'
thats never close at hand
like minutes in an hourglass
thats emptied of its sand
or years that passed in silence
like a frozen Wonderland

1977