A Little Peace of Mind

from Urgent Reply by Jerry Mills

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A Little Peace of Mind

How can simple words explain, the ceaseless thoughts, the endless pain,
The doubts that you were sometimes sane, while never bein' sure?
Your thoughts were racin round and round, feet were rarely on the ground
Your mind a spring that was overwound and your whole darn life a blur.
And though no one ever understood you,
How could they when not even you could?
You couldn't slow down , though you wished you would,

So you could just unwind.
But a million thoughts would fill your head
And distract you from the life you led.
When in fact you'd only wished instead
That someday you could find -
A little peace of mind.

As a kid you went to school but you couldn't sit still.
Soon the teacher had had her fill!
So she used her whip to crack your will,
And, at six years old, you cried.
And with each new year what would it bring?
Nothing but the same old thing!
And like a puppet tangled in its strings

You got all tied up inside.
Because while you were always geared to go,
The word you always heard was, "NO!"
And so you even came to doubt, the things that you might think about..
You'd see yourself as out of place, a loser in the human race
Until you even lost all hope that you would ever learn to cope

You couldn't seem to keep your cool,
You'd cry inside while playin the fool,
You'd walk alone, behind, ahead
And soon regret hard words you'd said.
And as the days and weeks and years
Fueled frustrations, festered fears,
Deep within your dark despair
The will to persevere was there...

So you'd sit and count the ceiling holes,
Race along with restless souls,
While some set sights on dreams and goals, you were runnin blind.
Until you met a boy who happened to be
Diagnosed with A.D.D.
And thanks to Michael, now you see that finally you can find
A little peace of mind...
Finally, I'm learnin to find... A little peace of mind.

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from Urgent Reply, released December 3, 1993

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