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Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!
Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!

Super-cal-i-graph-ic-par-o-dist's-muse-is-psy-cho-sis!
That means he who writes best has some nut-job diagnosis
Thus one answer to this wacky theory I propose is
To improve watch MASH-a-thons—be Klinger by osmosis!

Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!
Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!

To pen the perfect parody you need that odd-ball brain
Where loose associations merge—like 'eggplant' and 'Hussein'
Tan-gential thinking, that's the ticket, loosen ego bounds
And so it's in asylums where the perfect author's found!

See—
Stuart suffers logorrhea, Alvin, he prodromes thus
JAB confabulates and AirFarce cat-a-tones us
M & P shift gender-ly, Phil's illness he has shown us
Strive for 'fives'? You'll win some if your 'syndrum' funny bones us!

Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!
Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!

Those neuroses like OCD's and phobias you bring
Are fine but full psychotics got that 'somethin' extra' zing
So if you're only border-line be sure to stop your meds
Just look at Charlie Manson's stuff—you'll laugh yourself to shreds!

Oh—
Kristof coprolalias, while Red Ant akathasias
Pacholek perseverates and Rick C hyperphagias
Spaff is really off with wall, he'll par-a-schem-a-maze-'ya
Throw away your thorazine, embrace mental dysplasia!

Some-scrib-ble-lit-tle-gig-gles!
Some-pen-a-Pie!
Kick-da-kra-zy-key-a-notch!
In-sane-ly-high!


Those—
Psy-cho-an-a-lytic terms they toss about today
Were based on am-I-writers and the syndromes they display
To all the other 'sickos' in this 'club,' please whack-a-way
And I'll keep "Poppins" LSD's in hopes I'll join some day!

Oh—
Super-caligraphic-parodist's-muse-is-psychosis!
That means he who writes best has some nut-job diagnosis
Thus the answer to this wacky theory I propose is
If you want to write well make like Loo-ney-Toon-y-Bo-zos!
(Yo!)
If you want to write well think like Loo-ney-Toon-y-Bo-zos!

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Logorrhoea - Also known as "excessive volubility," is characterized by a patient's fluent and rambling speech using numerous words and occurs in certain kinds of mental illness, especially manias.

Prodrome – refers to initial symptomatology, especially a 'schizophrenic prodrome'

Confabulation - The more or less unconscious, defensive "filling in" of actual memory gaps by imaginary experiences, often complex, that are recounted in a detailed, plausible way. Seen principally in organic psychotic reactions such as Korsakoff's psychosis.

Perseveration - Refers to uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of the original stimulus. Usually it is seen in organic disorders of brain , head injury, delirium or dementia, however can be seen in schizophrenia as well.

Catatonia - A wide group of motor abnormalities, most involving extreme under- or overactivity, occurring primarily in catatonic schizophrenia but also in other disorders; included are catalepsy, catatonic excitement, catatonic stupor, catatonic rigidity, bizarre posturing, unusual mannerisms, stereotypy, waxy flexibility, and negativism.

Hyperphagia – One of several eating disorders associated with various psychiatric and neurological diseases. Pathological eating behaviour ranges from reduced to excessive appetite, dysregulation of hunger and satiation signals, and odd food preferences. Hyperphagia and anorexia are reported in lesions (mostly tumours) involving the ventromedial hypothalamus.

Coprolalia - The involuntary speaking of profanities. It is a motor tic associated with Tourette's Syndrome. Approx 10% of Tourettes patients suffer from it.

Akathisia - A feeling of 'inner restlessness' often brought on as a side effect of anti-psychotic medication. Patients with akathisia have a desire to keep moving and are unable to keep still even though their movements are voluntary (as opposed to other movement disorders such as tardive dyskinesia which is involuntary).

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