[Newspoetry] The Prozac Song

[Paul Kotheimer]

The Prozac Song

<ital>To the tune of "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)."  Inspired by "The
Soup Song" of the early 1930's--which was, of course, about a different
kind of Depression.</ital>


It started when I was in high school--
Was feeling confused and depressed.
I went to see my guidance couns'llor
To ask her what she would suggest:

CHORUS:

	Prozac! Prozac!--
	Was what the physicians perscribed for me.
	Prozac! Prozac!--
	Now I'm normal as normal can be.

They sent me to war in Grenada.
They sent me to war in the Gulf.
And after my time in the service,
I wasn't quite feeling "my-sulf"...

CHORUS [as above]

Now, I spend ninety minutes commuting