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BREAKING DOWN
(TO THE MOLECULAR LEVEL)
Copyright © 2000 - mickterry.com

1: I'm sorry to say it. I hate to admit,
but I'm falling to pieces since we had our split.
My bodily functions are starting to cease.
& it won't be too long 'til I'm done.
Immunity systems are starting to crash.
& my skin has developed a really nice rash.
I'm certain about it. I'm fully convinced:
your having just left me is coincidence.

CHORUS:
I'm breaking down all the way to the molecular level.
I'm breaking down and it doesn't stop there.

2: My hair's started dropping what's there that is left.
& the slightest exertion gives shortness of breath.
My muscles are aching from toes to the head.
& it won't be too long 'til I'm done.
My stomach's distended. I can't even bend.
& then, whatever exits comes out the wrong end.
I'm certain about it. I'm fully convinced:
your having just left me is coincidence.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
So I get me admitted: Emergency Care.
& I'm poked & I'm prodded & stuck everywhere,
including this wonderful tube up my nose
& tortuous things they can do with a hose.
With everything in me that's falling apart,
they must have forgotten to look at my heart.
I'm sure that I had one the last time I checked,
but again, I was feeling not quite such a wreck.
CHORUS:

3: Five days full of testing, they find nothing wrong.
With no reason to hold me, they send me on home.
I'm left to go figure it's all in my mind.
& it won't be too long 'til I'm done.
I spend several days just revising my will,
when the postman delivers the hospital bill:
Immediate shock & it's cardiac time ........................
................................................................................

CODA:
"Take two placebos and call me in the morning ... "

Copyright © 2000  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
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