(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

Kenny Roger’s song “Just dropped in” has been playing in my head for a while now. It’s an inspired piece really.

Zeitgeist. It seems like I can’t turn on the radio without hearing a commentator - likely trying to sound more intelligent - using the word zeitgeist. It this a self fulfilling meme?

Am I adding to the zeitgeit by posting this log entry? Am I aiding and abetting an existing meme, or is this the birth of a new meme? (I also like saying “meme”. Meme, meme, meme.)

Further, what is the purpose of this particular addition to the…um, zeitgeist? Granted it’s a good word - worthy of a page in your word-of-the-day calendar - but why the sudden appearance? The egoist in me concludes it’s because the speaker wants to sound intelligent (or is that the cynic in me?) but maybe it’s just an example of a lingual mind virus run amok.