There have been some great song lyrics posted here about recovery. I was just listening to one of the most poignant songs written about addiction, performed of course by the Grateful Dead. Most Deadheads did not like this song, felt it was too dark, but I have a new appreciation for it.
Victim Or The Crime
Lyrics: Gerrit Graham
Music: Bob Weir
Patience runs out on the junkie
The dark side hires another soul
Did he steal his fate or earn it
Was he force-fed, did he learn it
Whatever happened to his precious self control
Like him I'm tired of trying to heal
This tom-cat heart with which I'm blessed Is destruction loving's twin
Must I choose to lose or win
Maybe when my turn comes I will have guessed
These are the horns of the dilemma
What truth is proof against all lies
When sacred fails before profane
The wisest man is deemed insane
Even the purest of romantics compromise
What fixation feeds this fever
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Or the crime
And so I wrestle with the angel
To see who'll reap the seeds I sow
Am I the driver or the driven
Will I be damned to be forgiven
Is there anybody here but me who needs to know
What it is to face this fever
As the full moon pales and climbs
Am I living truth or rank deceiver
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Am I the victim or the crime
Or the crime
Hey Matt
GOOD TUNE..............I'm always gonna be a dead-head, I happen to like this song, Thanks for the reminder!
Love Dottie
GOOD TUNE..............I'm always gonna be a dead-head, I happen to like this song, Thanks for the reminder!
Love Dottie
Matt:
This mine:
"Jane Says"
By Janes Addiction
Jane says
I'm done with Sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says I don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or just
Try again tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow
Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's O.K. man
She dont like them anyway
Jane says
She's goin away to spain
When she gets my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow
She gets mad
Starts to cry
She takes a swing but
She cant hit
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know
What else to do about it
Jane goes
To the store at 8:00
She walk up on St. Andrews
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
Jane says
I've never been in love
I don't know what it is
Only knows if someone wants her
I want them if they want me
I only know they want me
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
She takes a swing man
She cant hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just dont know
What else to do about it
Jane says
Jane says
Mine is: Jagged little pill by Alanis Morisett.
But I'm too tired to look them up and post them.
But I'm too tired to look them up and post them.
(can I play too?)
Pink
Just Like A Pill
I'm lyin' here on the floor where you left me
I think I took too much
I'm crying here, what have you done?
I thought it would be fun
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
I haven't moved from the spot where you left me
This must be a bad trip
All of the other pills, they were different
Maybe I should get some help
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
Pink
Just Like A Pill
I'm lyin' here on the floor where you left me
I think I took too much
I'm crying here, what have you done?
I thought it would be fun
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
I haven't moved from the spot where you left me
This must be a bad trip
All of the other pills, they were different
Maybe I should get some help
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little b*tch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can
Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill
Needle And The Damage Done - music & lyrics by Neil Young
I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.
I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.
I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.
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Matt**
By the way- Victim or the Crime is a terrific pik. Dark or not. As most Dead tunes,it brings back memories of a paticular show .
-peace,
jack
I caught you knockin'
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.
I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.
I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.
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Matt**
By the way- Victim or the Crime is a terrific pik. Dark or not. As most Dead tunes,it brings back memories of a paticular show .
-peace,
jack
Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way
Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way
Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away
black crowes
she talks to angels
She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family
She paints her eyes as black as night, now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes,
The pain's gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels,
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes, the hair is from a little boy
And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet
Says she talks to angels,
Says they all know her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
She don't know no lover,
None that I ever seen
Yeah, to her that ain't nothing
But to me, yeah me,
It means everything
She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes,
The pain's gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
She talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
Oh yeah-eah-eah, angels
Call her out by her name
Oh-ooh-oh-oh angels
They call her out by her name
Oh-oh, she talks to angels
They call her out
Yeah-eah-eah, they call her out
Don't you know that they call her out by her name?
she talks to angels
She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family
She paints her eyes as black as night, now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes,
The pain's gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels,
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes, the hair is from a little boy
And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet
Says she talks to angels,
Says they all know her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
She don't know no lover,
None that I ever seen
Yeah, to her that ain't nothing
But to me, yeah me,
It means everything
She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes,
The pain's gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
She talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
Oh yeah-eah-eah, angels
Call her out by her name
Oh-ooh-oh-oh angels
They call her out by her name
Oh-oh, she talks to angels
They call her out
Yeah-eah-eah, they call her out
Don't you know that they call her out by her name?
"One Day at a Time" Joe Walsh
Well you know I was always the first to arrive at the party
Oh and the last to leave the scene of the crime
Well it started with a couple of beers
And it went I don't know how many years
Like a runaway train headed for the end of the line
Well I finally got around to admitting that I might have a problem
But I thought it was just too damn big of a mountain to climb
Til I got down on my knees and said hey
I just can't go on living this way
Yes I had to learn to live my life
One day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
(horns guitar solo)
Oh yeah one day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
Well I finally got around to admitting that I was the problem
When I used to put the blame on everybody's shoulders but mine
All the friends I used to run with are gone
Well I hadn't planned on living this long
And I had to learn to live my life one day at a time
It was something I was too blind to see
I got help from something greater than me
And I had to learn to live my life one day at a time
Also, Joe's intro for the song:
How are ya doing? Everybody OK?
It's great to be back. Maybe this time I'll remember some of it.
Hey, have you ever had something that was your favorite thing to do in the whole world and you had to stop?
My favorite thing was drinking alcohol.
I only got drunk once, for twenty years. And I had to stop. So this song is called "One Day at a Time" and it's a new song. And it's about relevant stuff
Well you know I was always the first to arrive at the party
Oh and the last to leave the scene of the crime
Well it started with a couple of beers
And it went I don't know how many years
Like a runaway train headed for the end of the line
Well I finally got around to admitting that I might have a problem
But I thought it was just too damn big of a mountain to climb
Til I got down on my knees and said hey
I just can't go on living this way
Yes I had to learn to live my life
One day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
(horns guitar solo)
Oh yeah one day at a time
Oh yeah one day at a time
Well I finally got around to admitting that I was the problem
When I used to put the blame on everybody's shoulders but mine
All the friends I used to run with are gone
Well I hadn't planned on living this long
And I had to learn to live my life one day at a time
It was something I was too blind to see
I got help from something greater than me
And I had to learn to live my life one day at a time
Also, Joe's intro for the song:
How are ya doing? Everybody OK?
It's great to be back. Maybe this time I'll remember some of it.
Hey, have you ever had something that was your favorite thing to do in the whole world and you had to stop?
My favorite thing was drinking alcohol.
I only got drunk once, for twenty years. And I had to stop. So this song is called "One Day at a Time" and it's a new song. And it's about relevant stuff
What about James Brown - King Heroin.
Check it out guys if you have not already.
Check it out guys if you have not already.
"Save Me" by Shinedown
I got a candle
And Ive got a spoon
I live in a hallway with no doors
And no rooms
Under a windowsill
They all were found
A touch of concrete within the doorway
Without a sound
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
How did I get here
And what went wrong
Couldnt handle forgiveness
Now Im far beyond gone
I can hardly remember
The look of my own eyes
How can I love this a life so dishonest
It made me compromise
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
Jump in the water
Jump in with me
Jump on the alter
Lay down with me
The hardest question to answer
Is why
Why
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
Someone save me
Someone save me
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
Please dont erase me
I got a candle
And Ive got a spoon
I live in a hallway with no doors
And no rooms
Under a windowsill
They all were found
A touch of concrete within the doorway
Without a sound
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
How did I get here
And what went wrong
Couldnt handle forgiveness
Now Im far beyond gone
I can hardly remember
The look of my own eyes
How can I love this a life so dishonest
It made me compromise
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
Jump in the water
Jump in with me
Jump on the alter
Lay down with me
The hardest question to answer
Is why
Why
Someone save me if you will
And take away all these pills
And please just save me if you can
From the blasphemy in my wasteland
Someone save me
Someone save me
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
Please dont erase me
It's definatly not my favorite, but it was first to come to my mind.
Doll Parts by Hole & Courtney Love.
Doll Parts by Hole & Courtney Love.
atlas,
hahaha oh no not her hhehehe just funnen, just her name alone creeps me out
terrianne
hahaha oh no not her hhehehe just funnen, just her name alone creeps me out
terrianne
Staind has a TON of awesome songs. They got to be addiction related, and Aaron Lewis (lead singer) I think must be a recovering addict, just with what he says and that so many of his songs are about the crazy thigns that go on in our minds and thoughts.
Let me know if you'd like me to try dig up some of the lyrics. They are awesome.
Chris
Let me know if you'd like me to try dig up some of the lyrics. They are awesome.
Chris
I don't know the name/artist of this song that was popular within the last few years, I think. I have heard it a couple of times and can't get the info I need to figure out who it is! When I was wding I heard it and thought "Wow" what a great song about addiction. So here are a couple of lines they repeat in the song..I would appreciate any help. "then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues....then you really might know what it's like to have to choose...then you really might know what it's like to have to lose.." So who do ya think it is? CAS.
Cas,
The song is "What It's Like" by Everlast. That's a good one.
The song is "What It's Like" by Everlast. That's a good one.
This is Don't Forget Me by the Red Hot Chilis.....
I'm an ocean in your bedroom
Make you feel warm
Make you want to re-assume
Now we know it all for sure
I'm a dance hall dirty breakbeat
Make the snow fall
Up from underneath your feet
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
I'm a meth lab first rehab
Take it all off
And step inside the running cab
There's a love that knows the way
I'm the rainbow in your jail cell
All the memories of
Everything you've ever smelled
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don't forget me
I can't hide it
Come again get reignited
I'm an inbred and a pothead
Two legs that you spread
Inside the tool shed
Now we know it all for sure
I could show you
To the free field
Overcome and more
Will always be revealed
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don't forget me
I can't hide it
Come again get reignited
I'm the bloodstain
On your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more are coming to believe
Now we know it all for sure
Make the hair stand
Up on your arm
Teach you how to dance
Inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
I'm an ocean in your bedroom
Make you feel warm
Make you want to re-assume
Now we know it all for sure
I'm a dance hall dirty breakbeat
Make the snow fall
Up from underneath your feet
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
I'm a meth lab first rehab
Take it all off
And step inside the running cab
There's a love that knows the way
I'm the rainbow in your jail cell
All the memories of
Everything you've ever smelled
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don't forget me
I can't hide it
Come again get reignited
I'm an inbred and a pothead
Two legs that you spread
Inside the tool shed
Now we know it all for sure
I could show you
To the free field
Overcome and more
Will always be revealed
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Sideways falling
More will be revealed my friend
Don't forget me
I can't hide it
Come again get reignited
I'm the bloodstain
On your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more are coming to believe
Now we know it all for sure
Make the hair stand
Up on your arm
Teach you how to dance
Inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Jodi, Thank you so much...that was driving me crazy! I'm going to get it now. CAS.
OK, I am old but Mother's Little Helper by the Stones was always my favorite. "Go go runnin fo rthe shelter of a mother's little helper" la la la la la lala
i used to do a little, but a little wouldnt do it
so the little got more and more
i just keep trying to get a little better say
a little better than before
Weve been dancing with Mr. Brownstone, hes been knocking he wont leave me alone!!!
so the little got more and more
i just keep trying to get a little better say
a little better than before
Weve been dancing with Mr. Brownstone, hes been knocking he wont leave me alone!!!
