Original Songs by Kent Newsome

Sanitarium


I dream of a figure in the rain
Like a nightmare in a bad thunderstorm
I see shadows in a bedroom window
Moving in a ghostly form

If heaven is an old love letter
Hell must be a sad and tormented mind
How can she still haunt me like a graveyard
Even after all this time

Chorus:
Oh mama are you coming
To see me today
I have some bad recollections
But I'll be OK
Memories can't chase you
Once you have buried them
Mama I've been digging holes
In this sanitarium

Her love was a field of betrayal
And my trust was as fertile as good earth
When I tried to take those crops to market
I found out what they were worth

They say what goes around comes around
I guess all my sorrow came around good
But you know I wouldn't change a damn thing
Even if somehow I could

Chorus:
Oh mama are you coming
To see me today
I have some bad recollections
But I'll be OK
Memories can't chase you
Once you have buried them
Mama I've been digging holes
In this sanitarium

Bridge:
And all the holes I dig
Turn up so empty
Nothing in and nothing out
And these walls are so high
Mama please don't cry

Chorus:
Oh mama are you coming
To see me today
I have some bad recollections
But I'll be OK
Memories can't chase you
Once you have buried them
Mama I've been digging holes
In this sanitarium


Copyright Kent Newsome and Bob Clay
All Rights Reserved

Err Bear Music, Inc. (BMI) (in this case Err rhymes with her) is a publishing company Kent formed in 1977, when his first song was recorded. Err Bear Music continues to administer the majority of Kent's catalog. If you're looking for some great songs for your next recording project, request a demo CD. We'll send you a demo CD with great songs for your next record.

All songs Copyright by the writer or writers set forth thereon.