Story Behind The Song

Wrote the basic song quickly, but Tim Young expanded the music brilliantly!

Song Description

After my brain injury, I've been on an emotional roller coaster, which is all this tune is really about.

Lyrics

Yo Yo

Life picks me up
Then drops me down
And I don't see any method to the madness

I try to be tough
I try to act like a clown
I try to keep from falling back into sadness

I take long walks
I try to meditate
And I talk and talk
But even drugs can't change my state (of mind)

I am like a yo-yo
Rise and fall
I'm just a yo-yo
I don't hold the string
I am like a yo-yo
Rise and fall
I'm just like a yo-yo
And these ups and downs make the world spin around me

Life gives me hope
Then leaves me twisting in the wind
And I can't see the rhyme or the reason

I try to cope
I try never to give in
But it's like trying to fight a change of seasons

And I play my guitar
I call a friend
I take a drive in the car
But the ups and downs they never end (for me)

And I walk the dog
And I sleep all morning long
I make things look alright even when they're all wrong

'Cause I know the tricks
Just like a childhood song
So rock me baby
Because there's something wrong (with me)