when the world is full of care and every headline screams despair when all is rape starvation war and life is vile then there s a certain thing i do which i shall pass along to you that s always guaranteed to make me smile yes i go looney as a light bulb battered bug simply looney sometimes foam and chew the rug mister life is swell in a padded cell it ll chase those blues away you can trade your gloom for a rubber room and injections twice a day just go looney or a preacher on tv when the human race wears an anxious face when the bomb hangs overhead when your kid turns blue it won t worry you you can smile and nod instead when you re looney then you just don t give a fig man s so puny and the universe so big if you hurt inside get certified and if life should treat you bad don t get even get mad yes 