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Low Dopamine and the Serotonin Blues

I’m not feeling all that well, my friends.

It’s been that way forever.

You could see the clearest of days;

I would see stormy weather.

The doc said that there’s nothing we can do.

He said, “Just blame it on the low dopamine

and the serotonin blues.”

Now some pills will make it all better;

others will make it much worse.

It feels like I’m in a witch hunt

and everyone else threw the curse.

I really could use me a broom; this is true.

I’ll just get away from the low dopamine

and the serotonin blues.

I just can’t get out of bed today when

it feels like I just jumped in.

With this little game of counting sheep,

you know that I just can’t win.

The mathematician will be retiring soon.

He has a bad case of the low dopamine

and the serotonin blues.

The hours—they turn to days.

The days just turn to weeks.

A squirrel just had his nuts drop.

You can bet it’s one of the meek.

Whatever sound, it really was in good tune.

Perhaps it was the low dopamine

and the serotonin blues.

It’s time to get the oil changed—

getting thicker deep inside.

If I get a few more things fixed up,

I’ll have me a real fine ride

with a radio inside that ride just for my crew,

one that plays my low dopamine

and my serotonin blues.

So the ambulating bandleader quit.

I think that he’s still on the mend.

He claims that bad-boy poetry could

lead to a worldwide trend.

All agree this cat has way overpaid his dues.

It’s only the low dopamine and the serotonin blues.

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Written by
fred-schrott
Published
Jul 26, 2014
Lines·Words
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From, The Transitive Nightfall Of Diamonds, due out 8/14 from iUniverse books

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#pills#music#crazy#songs#mentalhealth#pharmaceuticals#originals
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