To see what condition my condition was in) (mickey newbury) (yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) I woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in I found my mind in a brown paper bag within I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high I tore my mind on a jagged sky I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in (yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then i followed it in I watched myself crawlin' out as i was a-crawlin' in I got up so tight i couldn't unwind
I saw so much i broke my mind I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in (yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in) Someone painted "april fool" in big black letters on a "dead end" sign I had my foot on the gas as i left the road and blew out my mind Eight miles outta memphis and i got no spare Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in I said i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in Yeah yeah oh-yeah