Mama I'm Strange - Melissa Etheridge

What’s this little lie

They keep on telling me?

It’s just another high

They keep on selling me

I was only five

They fed me so much jive

They said just have a ball

Just be a Barbie doll

They churned and burned me out

Until they turned me out

Over and over again

Mama, I’m strange

The thoughts

And the wants

Are the locks

On the back of my brain

I’m descending

Pretending

I’m blending

I’m going insane

And they want me to change

Mama, I’m strange

I’m on a shaky wall

I’m tripping down the hall

And all the king’s men can’t

Can’t sew me up again

I’ve got a leaky head

Don’t know the full extent

I’m drowning in my bed

I’m just an accident

They chewed and blew me out

Until they threw me out

Over and over again

Mama, I’m strange

The thoughts

And the wants

Are the locks

On the back of my brain

I’m descending

Pretending

I’m blending

I’m going insane

And they want me to change

Mama, I’m strange

If I could tranquilize

I might just vaporize

They couldn’t supervise

They couldn’t criticize

I have no evidence

I have no reverence

It makes no difference

I have no innocence

Mama, I’m strange

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

The thoughts

And the wants

Are the locks

On the back of my brain

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

I’m descending

Pretending

I’m blending

I’m going insane

And they want me to change

Mama, I’m strange

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

The thoughts

And the wants

Are the locks

On the back of my brain

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

I’m descending

Pretending

I’m blending

I’m going insane

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

And they want me to change

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

Mama, I’m strange

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

I’m going insane

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

They want me to change

(Help me, Mama)

(Help me now)

Mama, I’m strange

Mama, I’m strange

Mama, I’m strange