Electric Shock Treatment

I'm sure this has happened to most of you

You come up with this brilliant thought

Before you have a chance to write it down

It vanishes like a shot

You try and try so hard to remember

This amazing new invention

But your mind's gone south for a vacation

And has no capacity for retention

You start to sweat and feel the panic

It was a marvellous new discovery

It was going to change the way of the world

But the odds are slim for recovery

You consider the electric shock treatment

By sticking your finger in a socket

Thought better of it coz your hands were wet

And your hair would take off like a rocket

So you resign yourself and figure it's gone

Suddenly it pops back in your brain

The thing you were trying to remember so badly

Was your mother's and father's last name!