The Sanity Song
09/26/86 - WPB, FL


hey
what you lookin' for
something lost long before
there was anyone
around to ignore you
but do you think you'll find it
i think you should never mind
it's gone away
it's gone away

and if it's love
who cares
and if it's life
i dare anyone
to hold on for long
cause once it's gone
it won't return
your only chance
is to learn
no to
hold on too strong

as days turn into years
thoughts they disappear
and soon you realize
you cannot find it
but don't you fear
it's still standing there
right in front of you
it's just that you're blinded

so carry on
in the search among
the corners of your mind
that are waiting
for their chance
to comfort you
insanity is not
cruel enough
for you to fight it

but as you turn away
remember what i say
i am not
trying to deny it
for one day i too will be
questioning my sanity
in the hopes
that i can find it

so hey
what you lookin' for
something lost long before
there was anyone
around to ignore you
but do you think you'll find it
i think you should never mind
it's gone away
it's gone away
for good


chords:
D
D+10
D+10.53
23.52
23.51
Em
G
D
A7+23
A7


copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.

personal note: I wrote this for my grandfather when he got senile dementia from Alzheimer's. I played it for him once. After I was done he looked up and said, "That was nice. Who are you?" I never saw him again.