Disagree ~ strongly. It's give me heroin (pronounced "herr-on," which is not uncommon among junkies hereabouts) before I die. I could not be more certain about this.

I was listening to this on the radio just a couple of days ago, and thought of this thread, wondering just which lines were the most undecipherable to folks outside New Orleans (especially those FAR away, like England), such as the GUEST who started this discussion years ago. The most obscure lyric is probably where Dr. John muses about starting a "mootie farm" on the prison grounds. Based on the many other lyric variations, I have to conclude that "mootie" is one of the very many slang words (or "code" words) for marijuana. I'd guess that it comes from the Mexican "mota."