I can tell by the way you take your infusion
you've spent some time in a mental institution
oh what a dream life would seem if only...
they let you keep your etchasketch

you laugh like a banshee gesticulate your delirium
they treat you like a corpse keep you full of candy lithium
what a dream life would seem if only you could see
the world from inside an etchasketch.

I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions
you're the director of a mental institution
oh what a dream life would seem if only...
it hadn't been for Doctor B.

animate yourself an alternate reality
consummate a self-pleasing artificiality
you can have yourself a tea

I can tell by the way you take your infusion
you've spent some time in a mental institution
oh what a dream life would seem if only...
they let you keep your etchasketch

-- Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Tea & Thorazine

Liner notes from Andrew Bird:
"My brother, who is autistic, had his art supplies taken away from him by health care workers, ostensibly as a means of discipline."
"Dr. B. (Bruno Bettleheim), godfather of Autism and its diagnosis, concluded that Autism is instilled by the mother. He was, in my opinion, a bad man."