All I wanted was a Pepsi and she wouldn't give it to me!

[Khephra]

Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted
to.
I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it
doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out
Everything I do and everything I try never turns out
It's like I need time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going

Hey Mike:
You know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately.You
know, maybe you should get away and maybe you should talk about it, maybe
you'll feel a lot better

And I go:
No it's okay, you know I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure
it out. You know I'll just work by myself.

And they go:
Well you know if you want to talk about it I'll be here you know and you'll
probably feel a lot better if you talk about it.

And I go:
No I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself and they just keep
bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside and it
builds up inside.

So you're gonna be institutionalized
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way.

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
to give me the needed professional help
to protect me from the enemy, myself

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about
everything but then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my
name and I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming MIKE! MIKE!
And I go:
What, what's the matter
And she goes:
What's the matter with you?
I go:
There's nothing-wrong mom.
And she goes:
Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!
And I go:
No mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't
you get me a pepsi.
And she goes:
NO you're on drugs!
I go:
Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking.
She goes:
No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!
I go:
Mom just give me a Pepsi please
All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a Pepsi.

They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
Drug you up because they're lazy
It's too much work to help a crazy

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up
achair and they sat down, they go:
Mike, we need to talk to you
And I go:
Okay what's the matter
They go:
Me and your mom have been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of
problems, you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna
hurt somebody, we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
So we decided that it would be in your interest if we put you somewhere
where you could get the help that you need.
And I go:
Wait, what do you mean, what are you talking about, we decided!? My best
interest?! How can you know what's my best interest is? How can you say what
my best interest is? What are you trying to say, I'm crazy? When I went to
your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning
facilities?! So how can you say I'm crazy.

They say they're gonna fix my brain
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
But by the time they fix my head
Mentally I'll be dead

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

What does it matter i'll probably get hit by a car anyway


(Oh wait...there's mom with a pepsi. Forget that I said this, ok? ;-) )

[Tina H]

1. Yeah, well I shot the devil nt

[liberalpress]

6. Yeah? Well I Shot The Sheriff..

...but I did not shoot the deputy.

[Tina H]

7. then you are lis'sening to the wrong band n/t

[flamingyouth]

2. When I went to you YOUR schools, YOUR churches

YOUR institutional learning facilities?

One of my favorite lines ever from my teen years.:D

[Athletic Grrl]

3. An oldie

but definitely a goodie.

[seventhson]

4. Okay - I'll bite. Who is it???

I was into soul and jazz and fusion and avantgarde

[Khephra]

5. suicidal tendencies

[Dogmudgeon]

8. My folks rented an RV to them

My parents used to have an RV rental business in the 70s and 80s, and rented an RV to Suicidal Tendencies when they were in town (Philadelphia).

What say?

Mom said they were some of the nicest renters she had ever met. It was "ma'am" and "sir" and "please" and "thank you." And they paid in cash.

The brought the RV back with over $5000 in damage -- to the inside. The owner was livid and threatened to sue.

They paid for it, and said if the owner wanted to buy a new one, they'd kick in the difference between the old and the new RV. Everyone went away happy.

So there ya go -- another Close Brush With The Famous, The Decadent, and the Really, Really Polite.

--bkl

[Khephra]

9. That's pretty cool

It seems like I keep on hearing stories about how nice some of the hardest core musicians are in real life. I guess they get out all their anger on stage so they end up being pretty calm the rest of the time.

[mulsh]

10. that song drove my mom crazy

I lent the album to my little brother who was in high school at the time. he played that song incessantly. two days after I lent it to him my mom called me and said, " I want you to come over and take that record by that sick little boy away from your brother."

my brother and I had a good laugh over that and for years whenever we wanted to tweak mom we'd start saying "all I want is a Pepsi, just get me a Pepsi."