Down Inside Yourself Lyrics - David Wilcox

Somewhere deep in the Midwest 

There's a middle aged man in a mid-size car 

Driving down the middle of the road 

In the middle of the night 

He's in the middle of his mid-life crisis 

And he just decides that he can't go home 

So he turns the car around and he drives to the airport 

He flies to New York City where he makes connections for London 

Where he makes connections for India 

Where he gets on a train to go to the mountain 

To see the wise man 

You know the one 

The one with the answer for that hole in his heart 

Well anyway, he climbs the mountain 

And he sees the wise man come out of the village to greet him 

He's no dummy, he knows he was coming 

And he musters up all his fear and anguish 

And he says 

Help me shake this nightmare 

The funk has found my heart 

I need to move my spirit 

But I don't know where to start 

I need to fill this empty 

But I can't find the missing part 

I'm just down inside myself 

And the wise man says, "Ah, I used to think 

The blues were strong because they're true 

And when they come to get you, there's nothing you can do 

But now I think that's nonsense and I've got news for you 

You're just down inside yourself" 

There's times when you've been hopeful 

And times when you were strong 

Now you say that's foolish 

Like your happiness was wrong 

It's like you've never seen the sunshine 

When a gray sky comes along 

You're just down inside yourself 

And the middle-aged man, he'd heard some, you know 

But he had some questions 

And he was just about to speak 

When he was interrupted again 

Well, never mind the questions now 

You don't have to be so wise 

Hey, your problem ain't philosophy 

So get it down to size 

Right now it's physiological 

In a logical disguise 

You're just down inside yourself 

But the blues is not your final judgment 

It's no deep or evil power 

Hey, the cure is very simple 

And it works in half an hour 

Get some sleep, eat some broccoli 

Run a mile, take a shower 

You're just down inside yourself 

You're just down inside yourself