Variations on the theme: Introducing the concept of negative thoughts in depression: What’s She Going To Do?
Here are the lyrics for a variation on What’s he going to do? This version focuses on the concept of the role of negative thoughts in maintaining a depressed mood.

What’s she going to do?
(alternative lyrics to What's he going to do?)
Carol Cayley 2003


There was a kid
Who was awful sad
When nice things happened
She still felt bad
She often said
She felt like crying
It’s all too hard
No point in trying
She was sad
Real sad
Awful sad
What’s she going to do?

The kid was sad
But she had guts
She just couldn’t wait
No ifs or buts
She needed change
The time was now
Time for change
She wondered how

She wondered if
The way she’s thinking
Could make her sad
Her spirits sinking

Hey she did it
She’s got a clue
About what to do
When she feels blue

She worked it out
If she feels bad
It might be thoughts
That make her sad
She thought about her thinking
What makes her feel so blue
Her problems was
Her thoughts were sad too

Well she had a hint
About what to do
If she felt sad
If she felt blue
She looked to her mind
To see what she thought
And some of her thinking
Was the negative sort

Hey she’s getting it
She’s working it out
Its negative thinking
Now what’s she going to do?

Well she checks on her thoughts
To see if they’re true
Or if she’s not right
And that’s making her blue
She checks out the story
Makes sure of her facts
Checks out all sides
What’s white and what’s black

She was sad, real sad, awful sad………
But she’s changing the way she thinks………….