TEENAGE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN As recorded by Nazareth (From the 1973 Album LOUD ’N’ PROUD) [Intro]                  [Verse 1] Well some contend that this rock’n’roll Is bad for the body bad for the soul Is 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown [Guitar Solo]                   x3 [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown       [Out-Chorus] It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown You’ll know it when you see it but you really won’t believe it It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s no fad so fad It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s gonna break ya it’s gonna sh-sh-shake ya It’s a teenage nervous breakdown it’s a teenage nervous breakdown It’s a teenage nervous breakdown