Committed To Parkview Chords & Lyrics Artist: Porter Wagoner

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There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
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and he thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singing through the door.
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There's a girl in 202 who stops by to visit me
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and she talks about her songs and the star that she should be.
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There's a lot of real fine talent, staying in or passing through
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and for one thing or another, they're committed to Parkview.
 
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There's a girl in 207 coming down on Thorazine
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and a superstars ex-drummer, trying to kick Benzedrine.
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There's a real fine country singer, who has tried and tried and tried.
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They just bought him in this morning, an attempted suicide.
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There are those that never made it, those that did and now are through.
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Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview.
 
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There's a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead.
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They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head.
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There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well known.
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He was brought in by his mother cause his daddy's always gone.  
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There's a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well to do's.
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Who have withdrawn from the rat-race and committed to Parkview.
 
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They wake me 'bout 6.30, just before the morning meal.
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While they're taking my blood pressure, they ask us how we feel.
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And I always say fantastic but there ain't nothing wrong with me.
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Then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep.
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And my days are kind of foggy and my nights are dreamy too.
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But they're taking good care of me while committed to Parkview.