Songwriter: Rik Elswit Dennis Locorriere
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Intro]
Y-y-y-y oh yeah
Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
Everybody must be on drugs in this town
Or maybe there's a strange new bug that's been going round
'Cause people are all smiling and waving as I go by
Everybody loves me and I don't know why
[Verse 2]
It used to be a kind face was a rarity
But now I got friends coming out both ends just to visit me
But it don't make sense 'cause my confidence has been destroyed
Everybody loves me but I'm paranoid
[Bridge]
What ever happened to the cold, cruel world I used to understand
When every road was paved with wet cement
Back when if I was hangin' off a cliff you'd be walkin' on my hands
Somebody please tell me where all the good times went
Whooo-hey
[Chorus]
Every time I needed somethin', no-one'd ever give me nothin'
And it'd never fail
I had to sit right down and write myself a letter
Just to get mail
But now my ears are singin' from the damn ding-a-lingin'
Of the telephone
Everybody loves me but I'm not at home
[Bridge]
What ever happened to the cold, cruel world I used to understand
When every road was paved with wet cement
(Hey, do you remember?)
Back when if I was hangin' off a cliff you'd be dancin' on my hands
Somebody please tell me where all the good times went
Wh-wh-wh-
[Chorus]
Every time I needed something, no-one'd ever give me nothing
And it'd never fail
I had to sit right down and write myself a letter
Just to get mail
But now my ears are singin' from the damn ding-a-lingin'
Of the telephone (it's alright)
Everybody loves me but I'm not at home
[Outro]
He's paranoid (oh, everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (everybody l-ahh)
He's paranoid (ahh)
He's paranoid (oh, woh, woh)
He's paranoid (everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (ah-ah-ahh, yeah)
He's paranoid (y-y-y-y-yeah, yeah)
He's paranoid
Y-y-y-y oh yeah
Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
Everybody must be on drugs in this town
Or maybe there's a strange new bug that's been going round
'Cause people are all smiling and waving as I go by
Everybody loves me and I don't know why
[Verse 2]
It used to be a kind face was a rarity
But now I got friends coming out both ends just to visit me
But it don't make sense 'cause my confidence has been destroyed
Everybody loves me but I'm paranoid
[Bridge]
What ever happened to the cold, cruel world I used to understand
When every road was paved with wet cement
Back when if I was hangin' off a cliff you'd be walkin' on my hands
Somebody please tell me where all the good times went
Whooo-hey
[Chorus]
Every time I needed somethin', no-one'd ever give me nothin'
And it'd never fail
I had to sit right down and write myself a letter
Just to get mail
But now my ears are singin' from the damn ding-a-lingin'
Of the telephone
Everybody loves me but I'm not at home
[Bridge]
What ever happened to the cold, cruel world I used to understand
When every road was paved with wet cement
(Hey, do you remember?)
Back when if I was hangin' off a cliff you'd be dancin' on my hands
Somebody please tell me where all the good times went
Wh-wh-wh-
[Chorus]
Every time I needed something, no-one'd ever give me nothing
And it'd never fail
I had to sit right down and write myself a letter
Just to get mail
But now my ears are singin' from the damn ding-a-lingin'
Of the telephone (it's alright)
Everybody loves me but I'm not at home
[Outro]
He's paranoid (oh, everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (everybody l-ahh)
He's paranoid (ahh)
He's paranoid (oh, woh, woh)
He's paranoid (everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (everybody loves me)
He's paranoid (ah-ah-ahh, yeah)
He's paranoid (y-y-y-y-yeah, yeah)
He's paranoid
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Bankrupt (1975)
- Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook (1996)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain