to see what condition my condition was in i woke up this mornin with the sundown shinin in i found my mind in a brown paper bag within i tripped on a cloud and fell a eight miles high i tore my mind on a jagged sky i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in i pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then i followed it in i watched myself crawlin out as i was a crawlin in i got up so tight i couldn t unwind i saw so much i broke my mind i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in someone painted april fool in big black letters on a dead end sign i had my foot on the gas as i left the road and blew out my mind eight miles outta memphis and i got no spare eight miles straight up downtown somewhere i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in i said i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in yeah yeah oh yeah