the folks they just can t take no more throw you in the back seat slam the door no stoppin as down the road you go go not time to lose gigantic one way gate ahead you re thinkin man i d as soon be dead they decided to give you life instead the sanitarium blues big ole nurse all dressed in white slaps you on a table in the middle of the night then he straps you down real tight you re wonderin what d i do they hose you down make sure you re clean wrap you up in hospital green shoot you full of thorazine the sanitarium blues could be tb or maybe a tumor eavesdropping on the doctors listening to the rumors can t see your friends hear the hum of the wheels hey my man you know how it feels like the sanitarium blues they upon some sunlit day they figure there s no need for you to stay they re pretty sure you can t be cyred so they send you on your merry way you hit the pavement hang around nobody s on the outside to be found you re just tryin to stay above the ground you start to thinkin what s the use the sanitarium blues the sanitarium blues