Artisan by Dan Joyce
©2016
Post 113
The Thorazine Shuffle
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THIS ORIGINAL PASTEL DRAWING FOR ONLY $10
The Thorazine Shuffle
Chords: G Em C D
Seventeen hours in isolation
Strapped to a bed with leather braces
Plastic sheets leaking urine
Lost my place in this confusion
Said to the nurse it’s a violation
Of my rights for sanitation
She shot me up and now I’m found
Pacing staring at the ground
Walking, walking back and forth
At the speed of a grandpa’s Ford
Can’t talk now my brain is muffled
I’m just doing the Thorazine Shuffle
With a Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!
Woo!
Feeling calm and oh so peaceful
Slower Slower my stream of conscience
All five senses like a mule
Holy Crap I’m starting to drool
Walking, walking back and forth
At the speed of a grandpa’s Ford
Can’t talk now my brain is muffled
I’m just doing the Thorazine Shuffle
With a Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!
Woo!
Days go by I cannot think
Would’ve done better with a drink
How can they call this therapy?
This medicinal lobotomy?
Walking, walking back and forth
At the speed of a grandpa’s Ford
Can’t talk now my brain is muffled
I’m just doing the Thorazine Shuffle
With a Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!
Woo!
The doctor says it’s time to leave
Is this really what freedom means?
Got lost leaving, walked right back in
I ain’t never gonna piss off that nurse again!
Purchase CDs and Digital MP3s by Dan Joyce
