"Committed To Parkview" - Johnny Cash
Track 7 Of 10 On The Album "One Piece At A Time" (1976)
Intro
Verse 1
There's A Man Across The Hall Who Sits Staring At The Floor
And He Thinks He's Hank Williams, Hear Him Singing Through The Door
There's A Girl In 202 Who Stops By To Visit Me
And She Talks About Her Songs And The Star That She Should Be
There's A Lot Of Real Fine Talent Staying In Or Passing Through
And For One Thing Or Another, They're Committed To Parkview
Verse 2
There's A Girl In 207 Coming Down On Thorazine
And A Superstar's Ex-Drummer Trying To Kick Benzedrine
There's A Real Fine Country Singer Who Has Tried And Tried And Tried
They Just Brought Him In This Morning, An Attempted Suicide
There Are Those Who Never Made It, Those Who Did And Now Are Through
Some Came Of Their Own Good Choosing, Some Committed To Parkview
Interlude
Verse 3
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 Boy Just Down Below Me Who's The Son Of Some Well-Known
He Was Brought In By His Mother 'Cause His Daddy's Always Gone
There's A Bum From Down On Broadway And A Few Quite Well-To-Do
Who Have Withdrawn From The Rat Race And Committed To Parkview
Verse 4
They Wake Me About 6:30, Just Before The Morning Meal
While They're Taking My Blood Pressure, They Ask Me How I 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 The Nights Are Dreamy, Too
For They're Taking Good Care Of Me While Committed To Parkview
