EMOTIONAL LAXATIVES
When I was a little kid
I showed my friend
what music could do to me
Oh ya… how it could make me cry

Sitting down in my living room
With that warn out record,
last song,
side two
And when it played
I'd just cry and cry
Don't ask me what was wrong
I was doing fine.

Grown ups used to bark at me
Saying adulthood was hard,
childhood was carefree.
It wasn't so
when they'd send their blows.
Now we've cluttered minds
clogged emotional bowels
There's a waste seeping over
And it will take your whole life
to clean it up
So mine as well try
for now
Taking a beautiful song
and just crying
and crying to it.

Do re mi fa
Do re mi fa
Mi fa so la
Mi fa so...

EMOTIONAL LAXATIVES
Piano & Voice: Jennifer Terran
Electric Bass: Brendan Statom
Guitar: Chris Judge

Music and lyrics by: Jennifer Terran

Copyright 1998 Jennifer Terran / Grizelda Publishing