Out of my mind, that’s what she said to me She was unkind, said I was crazy I thought that was cruel, she didn’t know me at all What can you do when someone tells you you’re insane?
She heard the news, knew all about me I was too strange, she could do very well without me And I didn’t cry, I tried to say hello But it makes you feel crazy when somebody calls you insane
I tried to tell her things were all right with me She wouldn’t listen for a minute But then when she told me it was all in my mind What else can a poor boy do? It pays to let her fly over to the table Where the games were measured out in thin white lines The last time that I saw her, she was stoned out of her mind
How many minds had she sent spinning Only to find they hadn’t gone anywhere at all? I said that was sad, she didn’t understand It hurts in your heart when somebody says you’re insane
I tried to tell her things were all right with me She wouldn’t listen for a minute But then when she told me it was all in my mind What else can a poor boy do? It pays to let her fly over to the table Where the games were measured out in thin white lines The last time that I saw her, she was tryin’ to blow her mind
What can you do?… When someone tells you you’re insane? What can you do? Stop for a while and listen Stop for a while and listen And then some easy go your way