Your brother got sent to the insane asylum for a month
And now you’re heading on out outta town ‘cause the strip malls got to your head
Do you remember that time we did ecstasy on the farm
Sometimes I think something snapped in my head that day
And never snapped back

Oooh, I want licorice

I open up the windows and I open up the doors and I let the breeze blow through my head
By now you’re probably on the road headin’ up to Eugene or maybe Colorado
I’m sittin on top of a radiation dump but from where I’m sittin it all feels fine
I could use a brain to make it all make sense, if you run into God, give him my address

Ooh, I want licorice

The butterflies float around– in my head
The butterflies float around– in my head
The butterflies float around– in my head
The butterflies float around….

I saw a funny movie and I heard a funny joke and everything is funny, just funny funny funny
Do you remember when you wore my bandana nd we both lived happily ever after
I got a funny feeling when I read the paper that I read it a couple of months ago
I got this thing lodged under my tongue and I’m gonna suck it slow

Ooh, I want licorice….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)