Daniel Johnston - Pot Head

Man you look like old man’s eyes

When I saw you in that room

And now you’re on tour

They booked you in the asylum

 

You work so hard at being a buffoon

And now you ain’t got no incentive left

You popped your own balloon

 

You wanted to be somebody

But you ain’t nobody

You ain’t got no body

You’re just a head

You’re just a pothead

I heard one day they said you got so high

You ate up a chicken head and it was still alive

I have some friends who swear you did so don’t deny

 

Some day you’re gonna get so messed up

You’ll eat the head off your kid

And won’t you be sorry, pothead…

 

You brag to all your friends

About the fun you had last night

I wonder if you realize you forgot to brush your teeth

And then you’ll come a-bummin’

Asking for some money

You even tried to roll the sacred pages

And you burnt your lip

 

That lip is has a trench in it

Where that wild weed sits

Sucking like a parasite

Of any sense you might have left

 

You say that you are happy

And you like stormy weather

Well I think that you’re just dumb

And you don’t know any better

 

You play your rock and roll guitar

You say you’re gonna be a big star

But everyone in this neighborhood

Knows just who you are

 

No I ain’t tryin’ to be hard

I don’t mean to be cruel

I’m just tryin’ to say something that’ll shock…

You into going back… to school

Or maybe at least reality

In this year

 

You wanted to be somebody

But you ain’t nobody

You ain’t got no body

You’re just a head