34 ContributorsBrian Wilson Lyrics

This song is about Brian Wilson, Co-founder of The Beach Boys, and his battle with depression and mental health issues.

[Verse 1]

Drove downtown in the rain

Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night

Just to check out the late-night record shop

Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane

But when I'm surrounded I just can't stop

[Verse 2]

It's a matter of instinct, it's a matter of conditioning

A matter of fact

You can call me Pavlov's dog

Ring a bell and I'll salivate

How'd you like that?

Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue

Because right now I'm

[Chorus]

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

Well I'm

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

[Verse 3]

So I'm lying here just staring at the ceiling tiles

And I'm thinking about

Oh, what to think about

Just listening and re-listening to Smiley Smile

And I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought

Because I'm

[Chorus]

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

Well I'm

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

[Verse 4]

And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox

Just wondering where the hell all the love has gone

I'm playing my guitar and building castles in the sun (whoa-oh)

And singing "Fun, Fun, Fun"

[Chorus]

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

Well I'm

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

[Bridge]

I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds

And though I was very heavy

I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground

I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground (whoa-oh)

Somebody help me

I couldn't see the ground

Somebody help me

I couldn't see the ground

Somebody help me

Because I'm

[Chorus]

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

Well I'm

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

[Verse 1]

Drove downtown in the rain

Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night

Just to check out the late-night record shop

Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, you can call it insane

But when I'm surrounded I just can't stop