My Analyst Told Me

MY ANALYST TOLD ME Lyrics by Annie Ross; melody by Wardell Gray melody. sung by Joni Mitchell (and many others)

My analyst told me (what?) That I was right out of my head He said I'd need treatment (yeah?) 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 (nuts?) No more ifs or ands or buts Oh no (oh no?) (oh no?) 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 But 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 swingin They all laugh at angry young men They all laugh at Edison And also at Einstein So why should I feel sorry If they just couldn't understand The reasoning and the 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 (no driver on the top? this chick is twisted. what's the matter with her?) (she must be out of her head) (this line is spoken on top of previous line) My analyst told me (what?) That I was right out of my head The way he described it (how?) He said I'd be better dead that alive. I didn't listen to his jive I knew all along He was all wrong And I knew that he thought (what?) I was crazy but I'm not. Oh no (oh no?) (oh no?) My analyst told me (what?) That I was right out of my head. But I said, dear doctor, (yeah?) I think that it's you instead. Cause I have got a thing That's unique and new. It proves that I'll have The last laugh on you, Cause instead of one head (one head?) I got two And you know two heads are better than one.