Key: G
Introduction:
G D7
There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
G
And he thinks he's Hank Williams hear him singing through the door
C G
There's a girl in 202 who stops by to visit me
A7 D7
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
G C
There's a lot of real fine talent stayin' in or passin' through
G C G C G
And for one thing or another they're committed to Parkview
D7
There's a girl in 207 coming down on Thorazine
G
And a superstars ex drummer trying to kick Benzedrine
C G
There's a real fine country singer who has tried and tried and tried
A7 D7
They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide
G C
There are those who never made it those who did and now are through
G C G C G
Some came of their own good choosin' some committed to Parkview
D7
There's a girl who cries above me loud enough to wake the dead
G
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head
C G
There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well known
A7 D7
He was brought in by his mother cause his daddy's always gone
G C
There's a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well-to-do
G C G C G
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview
D7
They wake me about 6:30 just before the morning meal
G
While they're taking my blood pressure they ask me how I we feel
C G
And I always say fantastic there ain't nothing wrong with me
A7 D7
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
G C
And my days are kind of foggy and my nights are dreamy too
G C G C G
For they're taking good care of me while committed to Parkview