Slow Death Lyrics
I called the doctor
Up in the morning
I had a fever
It was a warning
She said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
She said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
It's a slow, slow death
I called the preacher
Holy, holy
I begged forgiveness
That's when he told me
He said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
He said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
[Chorus/instrumental break]
I got to mainline
A hit of morphine
It's set to mainline
It's like a bad dream
Slow death... eat my mind away
Slow death... turn my guts to clay
Slow death [repeated]
Yeah, yeah [repeated]
Up in the morning
I had a fever
It was a warning
She said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
She said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
It's a slow, slow death
I called the preacher
Holy, holy
I begged forgiveness
That's when he told me
He said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
He said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
[Chorus/instrumental break]
I got to mainline
A hit of morphine
It's set to mainline
It's like a bad dream
Slow death... eat my mind away
Slow death... turn my guts to clay
Slow death [repeated]
Yeah, yeah [repeated]
About
Genius Annotation
A 1972 single from the San Francisco garage rock band. The band liked this song as an album track but their record company insisted it be released as a single. The lyrics are anti-drug telling the story from the perspective of an unrepentant drug addict in the final stages of self-destruction.
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- 1.Kicks
- 2.Bittersweet (Missing Lyrics)
- 3.I Can’t Hide
- 4.Money (Missing Lyrics)
- 5.Call Me Lightning (Missing Lyrics)
- 7.Slow Death
- 8.Teenage Head
- 9.Slow Down (Missing Lyrics)
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