Mood Swings

My mood swings, back and forth all day, all night I can’t sleep, can’t sit still, I count the minutes until My mood swings, like a pendulum clock But the little pills won’t make it stop My mood swings, like a child’s rocking horse And the pill bottle spills and my mind starts to fill Into my mouth and suddenly My night goes from North to South My mood swings and it swings and it swings It’s time to feel alive With each new though of a memory’s touch My mood swings and I feel the rush My mood swings, and it swings and it swings Sometimes even without asking me Suddenly reminding me of deep down things The way my mother would sing over my father’s mood swings How swiftly she could go from humming "Just The Way The way You Are" To whistling, "Oh, The People You Know" This immense loneliness flapping in her chest Like lady day, she knew why the caged bird sings And now, so do I, it sings and it sings Because each night it hurts just a little less Reminding me more and more and more Of deep down things And the way my own mood swings Night after night, my mood swings Come and go as they like Rebellious fickle teenagers, unable to decide Boy, I sure wish they’d make up my mind Lying awake, afraid to move even an inch Frozen like a child lost in a crowd Taught to remain there, stone still But I can’t, not now Or at least not until my mood swings Wildly, two shadows boxing in the breeze Even in my dreams if I’m down for the count Well, it’s the strangest thing because try as I might I still can’t imagine a world without my mood swings And it swings, and it swings, and it swings [Instrumental Outro]