On That Note: Because I Got High
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Last Dance With Mary Jane
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
I hit my last number, I walked to the road
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
I hit my last number, I walked to the road
The song's lyrics tell the story of a May 1969 drug bust at Bard College in Dutchess County, New York, referred to in the lyrics by its location, Annandale. The singer vows he is "never going back" to the college until "California tumbles into the sea" [Wikipedia]
On Jan. 31, 1970, the Grateful Dead were at the center of a drug raid in New Orleans, an event immortalized in their classic "Truckin'": "Busted down on Bourbon Street / Set up like a bowling pin." The Dead weren't necessarily surprised the raid occurred, but 19 members of their touring party were arrested and eventually released on a bail of close to $40,000. Most of the charges were eventually dropped, but that didn't stop the Dead from recounting their brush with the law in a song that would wind up one of their best-known. (Rapp)
Smokin', smokin'
We're cookin' tonight, just keep on tokin'
Smokin', Smokin'
I feel alright, mamma I'm not jokin', yeah
We're cookin' tonight, just keep on tokin'
Smokin', Smokin'
I feel alright, mamma I'm not jokin', yeah
Jim Stafford, Wildwood Weed
Then we mashed em up and chopped em up,
And put em in the corncob pipe.
Smokin that wildwood flower got to be a habit,
We didnt see no harm.
We thought it was kind of handy,
Take a trip and never leave the farm!
Then we mashed em up and chopped em up,
And put em in the corncob pipe.
Smokin that wildwood flower got to be a habit,
We didnt see no harm.
We thought it was kind of handy,
Take a trip and never leave the farm!
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Spent my days with a woman unkind
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start
Going to California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind to make a new start
Going to California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
