right out of my head

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

The way he described it

He said I'd be better dead than live

I didn't listen to his jive

I knew all along

That he was all wrong

And I knew that he thought

I was crazy but I'm not

Oh no

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

He said I'd need treatment

But I'm not that easily led

He said I was the type

That was most inclined

When out of his sight

To be out of my mind

And he thought I was nuts

No more ifs or ands or buts

They say as a child

I appeared a little bit wild

With all my crazy ideas

But I knew what was happening

I knew I was a genius...

What's so strange when you know

That you're a wizard at three

I knew that this was meant to be

Now I heard little children

Were supposed to sleep tight

that's why I got into

the vodka one night

My parents got frantic

didn't know what to do

But I saw some crazy scenes

Before I came to

Now do you think I was crazy

I may have been only three

But I was swinging

They all laugh at angry young men

They all laughed at Edison

And also at Einstein

So why should I feel sorry

If they couldn't understand

The idiomatic logic

That went on in my head

I had a brain

It was insane

Oh they used to laugh at me

When I refused to ride

On all those double decker buses

All because there was no

driver on the top

My analyst told me

That I was right out of my head

But I said dear doctor

I think that it's you instead

Because I have got a thing

that's unique and new

To prove it I'll have

The last laugh on you

'Cause instead of one head

I got two

And you know two heads

are better than one

Twisted by Joni Mitchell

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My musical tastes were shaped by my sister - at least in the early years. Nine years older than me, I used to hang out at her house and listen to lps on the stereo. My first musical love was The Beatles, followed rapidly by Cat Stevens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Maria Muldaur, and John Denver. And, of course, the magnificent Joni Mitchell. Her music still stirs my soul and makes me feel like there is somewhere for me in this world. I love the entire Court and Spark album. Twisted became my theme song from the first time I heard it. It was the first song I ever memorized from beginning to end. I can still sing it to this day without missing one syllable. I even sang it to my daughter when she was a baby! Now that's a lullaby...