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( Funny psychologist Dr. Phil song lyrics )
DR. PHIL HAD A BREAKDOWN
Copyright © 2007 - MickTerry.com

On   YouTube,  performed  LIVE  by  MICK TERRY

I've got this friend. We won't be naming names.
He's always telling people what to do
& he calls them on their games.
But he's a mess. His whole world's turned to crap.
Oh, what the hell. I am dying to tell.
I can't keep it under wraps.

A  DR. PHIL HAD A BREAKDOWN
    & he called me for advice.
    He was tired of being a know-it-all.
    He was tired of playing nice.
    He was tired of having the answer to
    ev'ry problem ev'ryone had.
    DR. PHIL HAD A BREAKDOWN
    & now he wants to be real bad.

I used to see him as my personal shrink.
He got me through a couple rough times then
& he really helped me think.
We formed a bond, played racquetball each week.
His wife & mine shopping all of the time,
we would hunt for old antiques.

    CHORUS A

        "Enough!" you say.
        "Tell us more about Dr. Phil's problems.
        "Give us the juicy stuff. Give us the dirt.
        "Enough!" you say.
        "We don't want to hear how you helped solve them.
        "Give us the juicy stuff. Give us the dirt."

That kind of thing's what sent him over the edge.
It seemed all people really want to hear's
how perverse we all can get.
He has these dreams he's scared he'll manifest
where he comes unglued & he hacks in two *
any non-compliant guest.

Cuts out the tongue where someone won't shut up. *
Chops off two fingers & opposing thumbs *
of a kleptomaniac.
Slices & dices the tool of a cheating man.
He fixes sins with an idiot's grin
& a meat cleaver in hand.

B  DR. PHIL HAD A BREAKDOWN
    & I didn't know what to say.
    He'd come to me as a friend in need
    & I can't turn him away.
    He was more than ready to kick some butt.
    He was ready to shriek & scream.
    DR. PHIL HAD A BREAKDOWN
    & I told him to live his dreams.

Copyright © 2007  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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*   Mick Terry was censured & censored at Los Angeles Times
after an anonymous complaint highlighted these three lines.
Freedom of the press & our First Amendment rights at their finest,
not to mention a non-appreciation of satire
& maybe a slighted sense of humor.

To other celebrity song lyrics:   THAT'S SWELL, MEL
To other psychological song lyrics:   COUNT ON YOU
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
EVERYBODY SCREWS UP SOMETIME
HELP! THE PARANOIDS ARE CHASING ME
(I DON'T CARE IF YOU CALL ME) APATHETIC
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