Cash Johnny Committed To Parkview Lyrics

Committed To Parkview Lyrics

Johnny Cash

 

  

 

  

 

 Verse 1:

 

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 There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor

 

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 He thinks he's Hank Williams hear him singing through the door

 

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 There's a girl in 203,who stops by to visit me

 

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 And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be

 

 A/ D/

 

 There are lots of special people staying in or passing through

 

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 And for one thing or another,committed to Parkview

 

  

 

  

 

 Verse 2:

 

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 There's a girl in 307,coming down on thorazine

 

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 And a superstar's ex-drummer trying to kick benzedrine

 

 D A

 

 There's a boy just below me who's the son of some well-known

 

 B E

 

 He was brought in by his mother 'cause his daddy's always gone

 

 A D

 

 There's a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well to dues

 

 A D A D A

 

 Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview

 

  

 

  

 

 Verse 3:

 

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 There's a girl who cries above me,loud enough to wake the dead

 

 A

 

 They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head

 

 D A

 

 There's a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried

 

 B E

 

 They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide

 

 A D

 

 There are those that never made it,those that did but now are through

 

 A D A D A

 

 Some came of their own good chosing,some committed to Parkview

 

  

 

  

 

 Verse 4: 

 

 A E

 

 They wake us about 6:30,just before the morning meal

 

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 While they're taking blood pressure,they ask us how we feel

 

 D A

 

 And i always say fantastic there ain't nothing wrong with me

 

 B E

 

 And then they give me my injection and i go right back to sleep

 

 A D

 

 The days are kind of foggy and the nights are dreamy too

 

 A D A D A

 

 But they're taking good care of me,committed to Parkview