The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PSYCHOTHERAPY

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE
THEORIES OF FREUD, HE HAS TAUGHT ME ALL
THE EVILS THAT MY EGO MUST AVOID,
REPRESSION OF THE IMPULSES RESULT IN
PARANOID, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING ON.
CHORUS: GLORY, GLORY PSYCHOTHERAPY
GLORY, GLORY SEXUALITY, GLORY, GLORY
NOW WE CAN BE FREE, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON.
THERE WAS A MAN WHO THOUGHT TO HIM
HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL SUPERIOR, IN THIS
COMPLEX HE IMAGINED MADE LIFE DREARIER
AND DREARIER, TILL HIS ANALYST ASSURED
HIM THAT HE REALLY WAS INFERIOR, AS THE
ID GOES MARCHING ON.
DO YOU DROWN YOUR SUPER EGO IN A
FLOOD OF ALCHOHOL AND GO RUNNING AFTER
WOMEN TILL YOU'RE JUST ABOUT TO FALL, YOU
MAY THINK YOU'RE HAVING FUN BUT YOU'RE NOT
HAVING FUN AT ALL, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON. CHORUS
OH SAD IS THE MASECHISM THE VAGARIES
OF SEX, HAVE TURNED HALF OUR POPULATION
INTO TOTAL NERVOUS WRECKS, BUT YOUR
ANALYST WILL CURE YOU LONG AS YOU CAN
PAY THE CHECKS, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING
ON. CHORUS
IS YOUR BODY PLAGUED BY ACHES AND
PAINS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?
COMPOUND FRACTURES, INGROWN TOENAILS,
FLOATING KIDNEYS, TREMBLING HANDS, THERE'S
A SECRET TO YOUR TROUBLES, YOU'RE IN LOVE
WITH YOUR OLD MAN, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON. CHORUS
FREUD'S MYSTIC WORLD OF MEANINGS NEEDN'T
HAVE US MYSTIFIED, IT'S REALLY VERY
SIMPLE WHAT THE PSYCHIC TRIES TO HIDE
A THING IS A PHALLIC SYMBOL IF IT'S LONGER
THAN IT'S WIDE, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING
ON. CHORUS

Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 04-00-1979