He’s[1] telling lies, thinking they can’t see—
Ain’t the guy he is supposed to be.
Guy’s bound, guy is spellbound,
Fell down while going down
The slopes, then hit the ground.
Soon he can’t laugh, ’cause he’s feeling down,
Has an attack, and gets out of town.

Man’s gone; this woman[2] finds him one day. ..
“Let’s find out why you’re acting this way!”
She’s bound (she’s really bound)
And determined, a hound
Of the psyche; she found
That she’s attracted to this poor clown,
Yet she can’t analyze why he’s down.

To the home of her mentor[3] for help;
Man’s amnesiac. . .don’t know himself—
Guy’s down, he’s really down;
Law found a guy that’s down,
As in “dead”—REALLY down.
Law says, “You whacked him; you’re goin’ down!”
This is no laughing matter. . .jail-bound.

Meanwhile, the woman’s found: her boss[4] shot down
The man who was laid down, down on the ground.
So she lays down law to this clown.
He knows he’s going down—he puts a round
Into his loathsome crown.
Her lover rebounds
And is no more spellbound.


[1]John Ballantyne (JB), as played by Gregory Peck, an amnesia victim who has assumed the role of Dr. Anthony Edwards, who is replacing Dr. Murchison at an asylum. But Edwards has been murdered, and Ballantyne is fingered for the crime. Dr. Petersen helps prove his innocence and regain his memory. Murchison, the real murderer, kills himself when he is unmasked.
[2]Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Petersen (Alicia Huberman in “Notorious,” Lady Henrietta Flusky in “Under Capricorn”)
[3]Dr. Alexander Brulov, as played by Michael Checkov
[4]Dr. Murchison, as played by Leo G. Carroll (Captain Melbeck in “Suspicion”—Hitchcock had fear and loathing of authority figures, brought on, allegedly by his father having him locked up briefly in a jail cell to instill a sense of discipline. Cops in his films are often bumbling. “Melbeck” is a variant on Malbec, literally “evil beak”; Dr. Baker in “Rebecca”; Sir Joseph in “The Paradine Case”; The Professor in “North by Northwest”)