Lyrics
I thought I was a space age cowboy
I believed I was a futuristic cowboy
I thought I was a sweet and sour chow-boy
I thought I was a charming and contradictory figure
I thought I was a thinker, a juvenile drinker
I believed I was a thinker and a young drinker
I thought I had some kind of a brain
I thought I possessed some level of intelligence
Till they told me I just a rumour, a cheap and nasty looner
Realized I was just a rumor, a low-quality eccentric
As it turned out I was just insane
Discovered that, in reality, I was mentally unstable
I wanna be committed
Expressing a desire to be institutionalized
Insanity permitted
Accepting and allowing insanity
I wanna be committed for my mind
Expressing a desire for commitment due to mental state
I wanna be committed
Reiterating the desire for commitment
Don't let me be remitted
Requesting not to be exempted or released from commitment
I wanna be committed if you don't mind
Expressing the desire for commitment with approval
At the dance last Saturday night
Narrating an experience at a dance on a Saturday night
I was rockin' and rollin' and holding her tight
Describing involvement in dancing and holding someone close
Till I got my hands on her
Encountering resistance when trying to be intimate
But when I started out to play
Expressing an attempt to engage in playful behavior
She kept pushing me away
Facing rejection while trying to play
Till I got a funny feeling
Experiencing an odd sensation or realization
I was walking on the ceiling
Feeling disoriented, as if walking on the ceiling
And someone was heard to say 'If you don't mind, sir.'
Quoting someone expressing surprise or disapproval
I don't mind
Responding nonchalantly to the expressed concern
I thought I was a teenage dream-boy
Believing oneself to be an ideal teenage dream
With a brain made of solid plastic alloy
Imagining having a flawless brain made of plastic alloy
I thought I was a tripper
Thinking of oneself as a trendy and stylish person
Ain't nobody hipper
Considering oneself as exceptionally cool
Till they told me I was going down the drain
Realizing that others see a downward spiral
I wanna be committed
Expressing the desire for commitment
Insanity permitted
Allowing and accepting insanity as a part of oneself
I wanna be committed for my mind
Expressing the desire for commitment due to mental state
I wanna be committed
Reiterating the desire for commitment
Don't let me be remitted
Requesting not to be exempted or released from commitment
I wanna be committed if you don't mind
Expressing the desire for commitment with approval
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