How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
how do I know that I'm not going crazy
not going crazy, not going crazy?
Is it because I know nothing makes sense?
There's no evidence for pounds, shillings and pence.
Is it the way that I sit on the fence
to not cause offence, when everyone's tense?
Oh, How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
how do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
Is it the way people listen to me,
and apparently take me seriously?
Maybe those people should pause to take tea,
find a new hobby and stop listening to me!
Oh, How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
how do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
Crazy is as crazy does.
Crazy isn't a crazy buzz.
When everything else around me is crazy,
how do I know the crazy's not me?
Is it because I find everything funny
when weather is sunny and runners are runny.
Can't help but laugh at the shortage of money,
though that isn't funny, O look there's a bunny!
Oh, How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy,
how do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy
Is it the way the colours are changing,
the shapes rearranging, the chickens free-ranging?
Is it the way that it's turned on its head
and the light has grown red? Wish I'd stayed in bed!
Oh, How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
how do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
Crazy is as crazy does. Crazy isn't a crazy buzz.
When everything else around me is crazy, how do I know the crazy's not me?
Is it the people I know to eschew?
What is one to do when they're out to get you?
Or is it those peeps that know to avoid me?
Quite sensibly, it seems to me
Oh, How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
How do I know that I'm not going crazy,
not going crazy, not going crazy?
Not going crazy not going crazy
Crazy crazy crazy crazy
not going crazy Crazy!
credits
from Nursery Rhymes for the Apocalypse,
released October 31, 2017
Words & music by LM Cooke
Performance, instrumentation and programming by LM Cooke
LM Cooke's solo work tends toward the dark and curiously-rhymed side.
She currently
also performs in Mediaeval Biateches. Until recently she was singist/ main songwriter in Crimson Clocks and before that violinist/ main songwriter in Broadarrow Jack. LM is also a published writer of dark fantasy/ science/ mythic fiction, and hosts The Murder Hour radio show on Mixcloud....more
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