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Teenage Nervous Breakdown

This version of Teenage Nervous Breakdown was released by Nazareth in 1973.

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Well, some contend that this rock’n’roll
Is bad for the body, bad for the soul
Bad for the heart, bad for the mind
Bad for the deaf and bad for the blind
It makes some men crazy and then they talk like fools
It makes some men crazy and then they start to drool

Unscrupulous operators could confuse
Could exploit and deceive
The conditional reflex theories
Change the probabilities, I said it’s a
Crass and raucous crackass place
With a Pavlov on the human race
It’s a terrible illness, a terrible case
And usually permanent when it takes place

It’s a teenage nervous breakdown
It’s a teenage nervous breakdown
It’s a teenage nervous breakdown

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The lyrics to Teenage Nervous Breakdown are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Nazareth used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Teenage Nervous Breakdown have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Nazareth and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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