Every mornin', She woke up at dawn Kissed her little baby, Then she'd yawn She'd go to work and School, so tired she'd feel She lost control, and circumstance took the wheel Once upon a time she was So full of hope She maintained walkin' on a tight rope Then a decade pa**ed, Things stayed the same Her mind went missin', Just her body remained. Her soul went runnin' To find out if she'd been misplaced How could I be lost Stop the world let me get off No peace could she find The devil kept messin' with her mind The girl was so tough, but One day she had enough Pardon the miss, she's gotta right to have a Nervous breakdown Her baby's daddy left She still got on fine She fell in love again But lost one more time Woe to the day her heart began to decay She tried to fight But then her will ran away To lose a dream Is very hard to live with Looked in the lost and found Could not find it Blessed be the child God gave her, who wipes her tears Lovin' the mother Who's loved him all his years But she was drownin' And could not come In from out there Seemed like no way out Storm and thunder all about No peace could she find The devil kept messin' with her mind The girl was so tough, but One day she had enough Pardon the miss, she's gotta right to have a Nervous breakdown Balancing one minute Then her rope got too thin Searchin' for solid ground To turn her life around No stranger to the struggle She knows how to recover Won't let the fall do her in She will stand up again Lawd, lawd, lawd yeah Lawd have mercy yeah Nervous breakdown