Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - Tea And Thorazine lyrics

Well, I can tell by the way you take your infusion You've spent some time in a mental institution What a dream, life would seem if only They let you keep your etch-a-sketch Eh, you laugh like a banshee, gesticulate your delirium They treat you like a corpse, keep you full of candy lithium What a dream life would seem if only you could see The world from inside an etch-a-sketch I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions You're the director of a mental institution What a dream, life would seem if only It hadn't been for Doctor B Animate yourself an alternate reality Consummate a self pleasing artificiality You can have yourself a tea