By Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Background vocals: (yeah yeah oh-yeah what condition my condition was in) I woke up this mornin’ with the sundown shinin’ in I found my mind in a brown paper bag within I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high I tore my mind on a jagged sky I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in (yeah yeah oh-yeah what condition my condition was in) I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in I watched myself crawlin’ out as I was a-crawlin’ in I got up so tight I couldn’t unwind I saw so much I broke my mind I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in (yeah yeah oh-yeah what condition my condition was in) Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a "dead end" sign I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind Eight miles outta memphis and I got no spare eight miles straight up downtown somewhere I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in Yeah yeah oh-yeah