I wanna be committed I wanna be committed I thought I was a space-age cowboy I thought I was a sweet and sour chow-boy I thought I was a thinker A juvenile drinker I thought I had some kind of a brain 'Til they told me I was just a rumor A cheap and nasty looner Well, it turned out I was just insane I wanna be committed, insanity permitted I wanna be committed for my mind I wanna be committed, don't let me be remitted I wanna be committed if you don't mind Well, at the dance last Saturday night He was a rockin' and a rollin' And holding her tight 'Till he got his hands on her But when he started out to play She kept pushing him away and he got a funny feeling He was walking on the ceiling And someone was heard to say, "If you don't mind, Sir" I don't mind" I thought I was a teenage dream-boy With a brain made of solid plastic alloy I thought I was a tripper, there ain't nobody hipper But it turned out I was going down the drain I wanna be committed, insanity permitted I wanna be committed for my mind I wanna be committed, don't let me be remitted I wanna be committed if you don't mind I wanna be committed Insanity permitted I wanna be committed for my mind I wanna be committed I wanna be committed I wanna be committed for my mind