POSITIVE THINKER'S BLUES
I FEEL GREAT, I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL JUST AS I SHOULD,
AND YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GOIN' FINE
I FEEL UPBEAT AND GLAD, AND NO, NO, I NEVER GET MAD,
AND I'M FEELIN' OH, SO DIVINE
UNTIL I'M STUCK IN MY HEAD, AND I WISH YOU WERE DEAD,
AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS MINE
FEELIN' LOW'S GOTTA GO, AIN'T GOT TIME, LET IT GO,
NOT SUPPOSED TO FEEL THAT WAY AT ALL
I'LL AFFIRM WHAT IS RIGHT, AND THEN I WON'T SLEEP ALL NIGHT
I FEEL GUILTY AND BOUND FOR A FALL
NOW, I'D BE MENTALLY FIT, IF I COULD JUST ADMIT,
I'M NOT ALWAYS SO STRONG OR SO TALL
INSTRUMENTAL
THIS IS THE WORST THAT I'VE HAD, I THINK I LIKE FEELIN' BAD
I GOT THOSE POSITIVE THINKER'S BLUES
I GET UP, I GET DOWN, I CAN LAUGH AND I CAN FROWN,
ALL THIS JUDGEMENT IT JUST WASTES MY TIME
I FEEL ALL THAT I FEEL, AND IT AIN'T NOW BIG DEAL
I'LL GET OVER IT IN A MATTER OF TIME
THESE THINGS COME AND THESE THINGS GO, I'M NOT ATTACHED TO MY WOES
I'VE GOT THOSE POSITIVE THINKER'S BLUES
INSTRUMENTAL
I'VE USED UP EVERY RHYME IN THE BOOK,
EVERY CATCH PHRASE AND EVERY HOOK
I GOT THOSE POSITIVE THINKER'S -- ROTTIN' STINKIN' THINKER'S --
I GOT THOSE POSITIVE THINKER'S BLUES
© Leslie Frederick 1999