Unsupervised, I Hit My Head

I hit my head
I hear the phone ring
I was distracted by my friend Joe
I hit my head
Now I'm left handed
Lost my sublet to my friend Joe
 
I've lost my super powers
I was invisible
I could just cut myself
Write out my will
I was unsupervised
I had a real good time until I
I hit my head
 
Back in the day, with my friends `round me
You could count on me with just one hand
When I digress, you'll find me smiling
Could be living underneath the ground
 
I've lost my super powers
I was invisible
I could just cut myself
Write out my will
I was unsupervised
I had a real good time until I
I hit my head
 
I hit my head in different places
Was distracted by memory
I was alone, or else just lonely
And Joe will never return again
 
I've lost my super powers
I was invisible
I could just cut myself
Write out my will
I was unsupervised
I had a real good time until I
 
We hoped for better things (I lost my super powers)
That were impossible (I was invisible)
We would just clap our hands (I could just cut myself)
And wait for the sound (Write out my will)
We were unsupervised (I was unsupervised)
We had a real good time until I
I hit my head


Quoth the Johns:

This is kind of a personal song that I could easily spoil with too much explanation. Looking at the lyrics, it seems pretty self-pitying, but I assure everyone I was really just trying to put the blame on someone else.

—John Flansburgh
[source: monopuff.org's online Unsupervised Libretto]



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