Music and Heroin

Bradley Nowell-Sublime (Pool Shark)--
Tying off that dinosaur tonight
It used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
I can shake
But I can't bleed
Take it away, but I want more and more
One day I'm gonna loose the war

Layne Staley-Alice in Chains (Junkhead)
--You can't understand a user's mind
But try, with your books and degrees
If you let yourself go and opened your mind
I'll bet you'd be doing like me
And it ain't so bad

Keith Richards--The Rolling Stones (Coming Down Again)
--Coming down again, coming down again
All my time's been spent, coming down again

Lou Reed--The Velvet Underground (Heroin)
--Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off and dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore

Dee Dee Ramone

John Lennon (Cold Turkey)
--Thirty-six hours
Rolling in pain
Praying to someone
Free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy
Please make me well
I promise you anything
Get me out of this hell
Cold turkey has got me on the run

Slash and Izzy Stradlin-Guns N Roses (Mr. Brownstone)
--We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

Anthony Kiedis and Hilel Slovak--Red Hot Chili Peppers (Under the Bridge)
--(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

Nikki Sixx--Motley Crue (Dancing on Glass)
--Need one more rush
Then I know, I know I'll stop
One extra push
Last trip to the top
Downtown, downtown
Silver spoon and needle
Witchy tombstone smile
I'm no puppet
I engrave my veins with style

Boy George (You Are My Heroin)

Miles Davis

Kurt Cobain

Elliot Smith (King's Crossing)
--It's Christmas time
And the needles on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming
But his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word
Open your parachute and grab your gun
Falling down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and return at five
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date
With a rich white lady
Ain't life great?

Trent Reznor--Nine Inch Nails (Hurt)
--The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

Neil Young written about Crazy Horse guitarist
_Danny Whitten (The Needle and 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.

Shannon Hoon--Blind Melon

Scott Weiland--Stone Temple Pilots

Dave Matthews-(Rhyme and Reason)
But sometimes this thick confusion
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend

Billy Joel-(Captain Jack) Not written about personal experience but observations of suburban teenagers across the street from where Joel lived in a New York housing project.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'

Sly Stone-Sly and the Family Stone

The La's (There She Goes)
--there she blows
there she blows again
pulsing thru' my vein
and i just can't contain
this feelin' that remains
there she goes, there she goes again
she calls my name, pulls my train
no-one else could heal my pain
and i just can't contain
this feelin' that remains

The Stanglers (Golden Brown)
--Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown

Lynyrd Skynyrd (Needle and Spoon)
---It was the needle and the spoon
And a trip to the moon
Took me away, took me away
I've been feelin' so sick and tired
Got to get better, lord before I die
Seven doctors couldn't help my head, they said
You better quit, son before your dead