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Brain Stew and Basket Case ~ Green Day

19th Nervous Breakdown ~ Stones

Frontier Psychatrist ~ The Avalanches

Brain Damage ~ Pink Floyd

Hurt ~ Johnny Cash (or NIN)

I think I'm paranoid ~ Garbage

Manic Depression ~ Jimi Hendrix

Novocaine for the soul ~ Eels

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The Ballad of Dwight Fry

Alice Cooper

Mommy where's daddy? He's been gone for so long.

Do you think he'll ever come home?

I was gone for fourteen days

I coulda been gone for more

Held up in the intensive care ward

lyin on the floor

I was gone for all those days

but I, was not all alone

I made friends with a lot of people

in the danger zone

See my lonely life unfold

I see it every day

See my only mind explode

Since I've gone away

I think I lost some weight there

and I--- I'm sure I need some rest

Sleepin don't come very easy

in a straight white vest

Should like to see that little children

She's only four years old--- old

I'd give her back all of her play things

even, even the ones I stole

See my lonely life unfold

I see it everyday

See my lonely mind explode

when I've gone insane

I wanna get out of here

I wanna, I wanna get out of here

I gotta get out of here

I gotta get out of here

IgottagetoutahereIgottagetoutahereIgottagetoutahere

Ya gotta let me out of here

Let me outta here

I gotta get outta here

Let me outta here

I gotta get outta here

Let me outta here

I gotta get outta here

See my lonely life unfold

I see it everyday

See my only mind explode

Blow up in my face

I grabbed my hat and I got my coat

and I, I ran into the street

I saw a man that was choking there

I guess he couldn't breathe

Said to myself this is very strange

I'm glad it wasn't me

But now I hear those sirens callin'

and so I am not free

I DIDN'T WANNA BE

I DIDN'T WANNA BE

I DIDN'T WANNA BE

(See my lonely life unfold)

I DIDN'T WANNA BE

(I see it every day)

LEAVE ME ALONE I DIDN'T WANNA BE

DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!

See my lonely mind explode

when I've gone INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNE!

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"They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Ha" by Napoleon XIV is extensively written up on songfacts.

"Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy is about a girl who may be insane or may be in touch with another dimension.

"Crazy" by Patsy Cline isn't really about mental illness, but got airplay in 90s films such as "Nell" and "Field of Dreams" to indicate that others might think someone is crazy, whether or not they really are.

The Manic Street Preachers' "Tsunami" is about June and Jennifer Gibbons.

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The Real Me -- The Who

Four Faces -- The Who

Whiskey Man -- The Who

Oh, Crap, The Seeker got ME!

If anyone wants to know why "Whiskey Man Is about mental illness, here are the lyrics:

The Who

Whiskey Man

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time

He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine

Nobody has ever seen him, I'm the only one

Seemingly I must be mad, Insanity is fun

If that's the way it's done

Doctors say he just a figment of my twisted mind

If they can't see my Whiskey Man they must be going blind

Two men dressed in white collected me two days ago

They said there's only room for one and Whiskey Man can't go

Whiskey Man will waste away if he's left on his own

I can't even ring him 'cause he isn't on the phone

Hasn't got a home

Life is very gloomy in my little padded cell

It's a shame there wasn't room for Whiskey Man as well

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time

He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine

Just fine

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