Released on January 28, 1977

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[Intro]

Ah


[Verse 1]

If I seem a little jittery, I can't restrain myself

I'm falling into fancy fragments, can't contain myself


[Hook 1]

I'm gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

I'm gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes


[Verse 2]

Now I can stand austerity, but it gets a little much

When there's all these livid things that you never get to touch


[Hook 1]

I'm gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

I'm gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes


[Chorus 1]

I feel me brain like porridge, coming out of me ears

And I was anticipating reverie

I've taken leave of me senses, and I'm in arrears

My legs buckle over, now I'm living on my knees

Break a-down, yes, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

I'm gonna break a-down, yes, uh-huh


[Verse 3]

Whatever makes me tick, it takes away my concentration

Sets my hands a-trembling, gives me frustration


[Hook 2]

A breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

I'm gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes


[Verse 4]

So I hear that two is company, for me, it's plenty trouble

Though my doublethoughts are clearer now that I am seeing double


[Hook 3]

A breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

We're gonna breakdown, uh, I'm gonna break a-down, yes


[Chorus 2]

Oh mum, can I grow out of what's too big for me?

I'll give up that ghost before it gives up me

I wander loaded as a crowd, a nowherewolf of pain, uh

Living next to nothing, my nevermind remains, uh

A break a-down, yes, I'm gonna break a-down, yes

I'm gonna break a-down, yes


[Outro]

Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, hoo