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Lobotomy Song - 2025 Remix
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Written during my stint with the legendary Miami comedy improv troupe, Mental Floss. I performed this countless times over the years.
humor ragtime novelty song
Folk music for postmoderns
Note about the "2025 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while. In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_. Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that "Loafy's Blues," "Misfit Moon," "It Does Not Mean a Thing," "Home," "Saturn Road," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Old Friends Come Back," "Scarecrow," and all the instrumentals are pretty much perfect reproductions of my original compositions. I'll endeavor to make notes on the others, describing precisely how they were altered. And again, you can hear my original, much less slick demos of those songs further down on the page, for comparison. ====== I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1990, 2025
Uploaded
December 25, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.9 MB 320 kbps 1:43
Lossless
WAV 18.8 MB
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Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Lyrics
[verse] Life's great - nothing can upset me I'm over the depression that started when you left me 'Cause when sad thoughts I ponder My attention always wanders [chorus] Nothing seems to bother me Since my lobotomy [verse] You hurt me bad, I cried for days and days But now I'm happy just staring into space They opened up my brain And removed the source of the pain [chorus] Nothing seems to bother me Since my lobotomy [bridge] All of this gray matter made me feel blue A hundred million neural cells worried over you A simple operation, with local anesthesia They shortened my attention span Now I'm such a happy man [verse] Politicians used to drive me insane But I feel better since they tenderized my brain All their dizzy double-talk made me feel dense But they lowered my I.Q. And now it all makes sense I couldn't feel much better 'Less you 'lectrocute my pleasure center [chorus] Nothing seems to get to me Since my intellectomy [chorus] Our love don't mean squat to me Since my lobotomy
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