Verse 1: (Johnny Cash) 
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      There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor 
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      He thinks he's Hank Williams hear him singing through the door 
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      There's a girl in 203,who stops by to visit me 
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      And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be 
                   A                               D  
      There are lots of special people staying in or passing through 
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      And for one thing or another,committed to Parkview 
 
Verse 2: (Willie Nelson) 
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      There's a girl in 307,coming down on thorazine 
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      And a superstar's ex-drummer trying to kick benzedrine 
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      There's a boy just 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 dues 
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      Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview 
 
Verse 3: (Johnny Cash,Willie Nelson) 
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      There's a girl who cries above me,loud enough to wake the dead 
                                                       A  
      They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head 
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      There's a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried 
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      They just brought him in this morning an attempted suicide 
                    A                                  D  
      There are those that never made it,those that did but now are through 
              A        D        A                    D             A       
      Some came of their own good chosing,some committed to Parkview 
 
Verse 4: (Johnny Cash,Willie Nelson) 
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      They wake us about 6:30,just before the morning meal 
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      While they're taking blood pressure,they ask us how we feel 
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      And i always say fantastic there ain't nothing wrong with me 
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      And then they give me my injection and i go right back to sleep 
             A                              D 
      The days are kind of foggy and the nights are dreamy too 
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      But they're taking good care of me,committed to Parkview