Текст Johnny Cash – Committed To Parkview

There’s a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor,
He thinks he’s Hank Williams; hear him singing through the door.
There’s a girl in 203, who stops by to visit me,
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be.

There’s a girl in 307, coming down on Thorazine.
And a superstar’s ex-drummer trying to kick Benzedrine.
There’s a boy just down below me, who’s the son of some well-known:
He was brought in by his mother, ‘cos his daddy’s always gone.
There’s a bum from down on Broadway and then a few quite well-to-do’s:
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview.

There’s a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead.
They don’t know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head.
There’s a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried:
They just brought him in this morning, an attempted suicide.
There are those that never made it, those that did but now are through:
Some came of their own good choosing: some committed to Parkview.

They wake us about 6: 30, just before the morning meal.
While they’re taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel.
And I always say: «Fantastic! There ain’t nothing wrong with me.»
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep.
And my days are kind of foggy and my nights are dreamy too:
But they’re taking good care of me: committed to Parkview.