Committed to Parkview
J. Cash
Album: The Wagonmaster

(Spoken Intro)


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There's a man across the hall who sits starin' at the floor
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And he thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singin' thru the door
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There's a girl in two-oh-two who stops by to visit me
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And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
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There's a lot of real fine talent stayin' in or passin' thru
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And for one thing or another they're committed to Parkview


There's a girl in two-o-seven comin' down on Thorazine
And a super star's ex-drummer tryin' 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've never made it, those who did and now are thru
Some came of their own good choosing, some comitted to Parkview

There's a girl who cries above 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's
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview

They wake me about six-thirty just before the mornin' meal
They're takin' my blood pressure, they ask me how I feel
And I always fantastic, why there ain't nothin' wrong with me
Then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
And my days are kinda foggy, and my nights are dreamy too
Oh they're takin' good care of me while committed to Parkview