[Verse 1]
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I’ve been down in the dumps for so long
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I feel like writing a song.
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I want to share with you what I’ve been through,
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Show you the world from my point of view.
[Refrain]
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Only if you care to listen
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Only if you give me your ear,
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I’ll tell you anyway how I got
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On my way up.
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On my way up.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I’ve been wanting to go out and get a drink.
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My family told me to go see a shrink.
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My shrink asked me to change the way I think
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And feel and do, about everything.
[Refrain]
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My shrink says “talk to your family”;
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Family tells me “go do therapy”.
G C N.C.
Who do I even talk to?
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I feel so lost.
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I feel so lost.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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So now that I know “how to fix my life
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And my relation with my parents and my wife”,
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I’ll tell you I really know
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How to be happy, not just for show.
[Refrain]
A Dm
I make plan after plan for myself,
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Unable to follow through with any of them.
G C N.C.
Between addiction and depression
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I am still stuck.
N.C. Dm
Oh what the
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Wallowing in self-pity and madness,
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Fetishizing my own sadness,
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Getting tired of feeling so crappy
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At one point you just choose to be happy.
[Refrain]
A Dm
You just decide to get up and do.
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Do what needs to be done for you.
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Like I’ve always told you love is a choice.
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So is self love and love for your life.
G C N.C.
Between work and gratitude
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I feel so blessed.
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Wish me the best.
[Outro]
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I’m still depressed,
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But not repressed.
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No more repressed,
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Slightly depressed.
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Wish me the best,
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I feel so blessed.
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