Alexei Panshin's The Abyss of Wonder

Goin' down Beale Street / Turn left up Main Lookin' for the gal who sells cocaine    Cocaine, run all around my brain
	Waitin' for a woman dressed in white She's gonna bring me some cocaine tonight    Cocaine....    How I love cocaine
		Oh, mama, come here soon 'Cause this cocaine has me on the moon    Cocaine, sweet cocaine
			I know a woman dressed in yellow Do a line of coke then let out a bellow    We ain't no good in the mornin'         without our good cocaine
	Well, I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it I li- li- like it / I li- li- like Here we go Snortin' coke all over the world
			Chasin' a woman dressed in green She's lowdown, dirty and mean    Cocaine....    I want cocaine
	Oh woman / You ain't no good If you can't score for me / I thought you understood    I need cocaine runnin' all around my heart and my brain
Watch out for that woman dressed in red She's got a scattergun / Means to kill me dead    Cocaine....          How'd I get into this mess?  What'm I doin' here?
		Oh, mama, come here quick This old cocaine's about to make me sick    Cocaine....    Bittersweet....
			Evil woman dressed in black    She took my soul / Now I want it back    Cocaine....    Ohhh....    Ohhh....
		Uh-oh, mama, come here quick This cocaine's makin' me sick again    Cocaine....    It's bad, bad, bad
Cocaine's eaten my nose / I can't find a vein I lit myself on fire / I've got snakes in my brain    Cocaine, it's drivin' me insane    Oh, cocaine, it's drivin' me insane
Traditional -- arrangement and new lyrics by Josh Wachtel and Alexei Panshin
This is a song that has been done many times.  About half comes from the first version we ever heard, sung by Dave Van Ronk, filled out with good stuff picked up from Fred Neil, The Holy Modal Rounders, Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin and John Fogerty.  The rest of the words are new.

 
 
 
 
 

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