Peek A Boo - Daniel Johnston

When I’m down

Really down

Nothing matters

Nothing does

I close my eyes

To go to sleep

But I can’t sleep

I can’t sleep

Please hear my cry for help

And save me from myself

Junior high

I lost my mind

I don’t know why

It’s a terrible thing

Since that day

It’s been a struggle

Trying to make sense

Out of scrambled eggs

Please hear my cry for help

And save me from myself

I painted a bar

And I never got paid

In a town where everyone was unemployed

I was locked in

On Easter day

All I had to eat was a piece of bread

When I got home

My mother said

«You're a lazy bum

And that’s how come

You suffer like that

And you’ll starve

All your life

All your life»

Spoken just like it was a curse

But it didn’t really sound so bad

I like to make things up

It’s the healthiest thing that I do

But I’m tired

From being kidnapped

By a dark wolf that would do me in

Please hear my cry for help

And save me from myself

I’m just saying how I feel

Maybe you could try to understand

I’m a man who needs you

When I’m down

Really down

Nothing matters

Nothing does

I close my eyes

To go to sleep

But I can’t sleep

I can’t sleep

You can listen

To these songs

Have a good time

And walk away

But for me

It’s not that easy

I have to live these songs forever

Please hear my cry for help

And save me from myself