Acting Like a Child

from Angel Food by Sarahtonin

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I just don't think it's a good idea to give psychiatric medications to non-adults, whose brains are still developing. It think it's a very bad idea and can have very bad consequences. So I made a song about it.

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Acting Like a Child

Any time you turn a corner
On the streets of any town
In the halls of any grade school
You can see them running around
Crazy apes all over the playground
On the sidewalks running wild
Thank god there's a a pill
For acting like a child

Little Andy won't pay attention
In the classroom he's so bored
So he draws and battles monsters
With his magic invisible sword
Now the teachers want to play doctor
A prescription has been filed
The problem is clear:
He's acting like a child

Emily's in tears
The girls at school are mean
She's so alone and hopeless
The pain of being thirteen
Requires paroxetine
And a good amphetamine

Emily goes into a closet
Takes a shoe box off the shelf
Finds her daddy's gun inside it
And she aims to end herself
As her finger squeezes the trigger
She forgets she ever smiled
A high price to pay
For acting like a child

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from Angel Food, released February 16, 2022
Ryan McPhaill - drums
Me - everything else

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Sarahtonin Portland, Oregon

Sarah Jane Burke began playing piano at age five. She had a handful of piano lessons, but is mostly self-taught. She took up guitar at about age 11, mostly inspired by The Beatles, and other "British Invasion" acts. She began writing songs at around age 12, playing in bands at 13, and by 17, she'd taught herself to compose full scores. She's been composing, recording, and performing ever since. ... more

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