[Chorus]
I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

[Verse 1]
I walk in smelling like death
Cigarettes, booze are on my breath
I miss you wanna kiss you wanna
Try to love again
But I'm sick in bed with the wrong person or persons
Yo pick your poison, pull a gun
And just aim all the annoying in my head

Cause I be coughin' hackin' drinkin' sinkin' in another weekend
Tell me how you feel
Tell me how you really feel
What did I do to you?
What did I do to be black and blue?
Things are much better on the outside looking in
Oh yeah

[Chorus]
I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

[Verse 2]

(Woo) A fly flew in my eye
She pick me up, cause I can't drive
I try to speak life, but miss strife
Is possum, where to hide?
Take care for me like I'm a child
I'm always playin' around
Don't let me down
Don't let me drown
In all my sick
I noticed it
My home a mess
I be livin' in squalor
My actions are meaningless
Like washin' clean dishes in dirty water
What do you wanna do
Some mo' drugs, some mo' pills
Some mo' thrills
Nothing helps, nothing soothes me

[Chorus]
I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

I need you like I need pneumonia
It's always nice in California
I don't need help, I'm not myself
I don't need help, I'm not myself

[Bridge]
Baby I'm sad
Like a heavy load
Ready to try
Ready to implode

Maybe I'm sad
Like a heavy load
Ready to try
Maybe I'm sad

Baby I'm sad
Like a heavy load
Ready to try
Ready to implode

Maybe I'm sad
Like a heavy load
Ready to try
Maybe I'm sad
Maybe I'm sad

Don't leave home
Yeah yeah yeah

Livin' must be better on the outside
Livin' must be better on the outside, babe

Thing's are much better on the outside babe
Oh oh oh
Yeah yeah

[Outro]
Need you like I need pneumonia