I'm tired of sick, Ma, I wanna be well I'm all pills and prescriptions and sadness and hell Can you wish me back to myself Like you used to rock me to sleep? In dreams sometimes I become who I was I wear my old clothes and I love what I loved But I wake up half broken each time Right back where my mind doesn't keep Remember when I was a girl, all cinnamon and horses of plastic? Buttons in mother-of-pearl, Tuesdays Scouts, Fridays gymnastics I'm tired of sick, Ma, do you think there's a cure? A drink or a doctor or some magic word Do you think I'm just making it up? Do you think I'm all weakness? I've been in these sheets so long it's a home A place where my heart beats a poor metronome Is it me who's keeping me here? Am I all lies and cheapness? Remember when I was a girl, all apples and string cheese? All newspaper tables at Wendy's with french fries and Frostys? Remember when I was a girl, all card tricks and chitchat? Do you think I could ever be well enough again to want that? I'm tired of sick, Ma, I wanna be well I'm all pills and prescriptions and sadness and hell Can you wish me back to myself Like you used to rock me to sleep?