The Shrink Thinks - Mal Blum

Well, I think I’m pretty good at talking to people

I try to listen hard when they respond

But I’m not much of a networker

Unless you like non-sequiturs

About mold or ghosts or chubby little dogs

So I thought that I would make a life in music

Though I know catching a break can be so hard, and

This big band needed an opener

But that week I was scared of my computer

So I missed the show at Madison square garden

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

You would think that I would know it

But I never seemed to notice

Now the shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

And everyone has heard the horror stories

About labels that take small bands for a ride

Which is maybe why when I got the offer

I picked it apart 'till they pulled it

I’ll be broke but own my masters when I die

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

You would think that I would know it

But I never seemed to notice

Now the shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

So I got a side job sometimes making coffee

And I met myself some friendly regulars

One day a music magazine editor

Asked for tracks that I’m never gonna send to her

(That one’s probably just self-sabotage)

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

You would think that I would know it

But I never seemed to notice

Now the shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

You would think that I would know it

But I never seemed to notice

Now the shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head

The shrink thinks that the problem’s in my head