Paranoid

Song Details

Written by

  • Geezer Butler
  • Tony Iommi
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Bill Ward

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        Finished with my woman
‘Cause she couldn’t help me with my mind
People think I’m insane
Because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I’ll lose my mind
If I don’t find something to pacify

Can you help me
Occupy my brain
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can’t find
I can’t see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it’s too late

Originally released by Black Sabbath in 1970 on the Paranoid album.

© Essex Music, Ltd.

Live Performances

December 10, 2011

San Francisco, CA, United States

The Fillmore

October 30, 2009

New York, NY, United States

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary @ Madison Square Garden