About 1962 or 3, I knew a lady in Chicago who was, I eventually found out, shooting up what was called METHEDRINE back then. She was in bad shape, and the friendship ended quickly. But I wrote a song about it that I called Methedrine Blues.
I was told then that this speed stuff had been invented by Adolph Hitler's scientists to shoot up his pilots with.
Is there any truth to the possibility that all of the meth amphetamines go back to use in World War 2 ??
Here is my old song, Methedrine Blues. I was about 22 when I wrote it.
If you ever have loved a brown eyed gal, then you know what I mean, If you ever have loved a brown eyed gal, then you know what I mean, The competion's hell when your own sweet gal is a slave to Methedrine.
It burns away your mind, love, it cuts away at your brain, It burns away your mind, babe, it cuts away at your brain, You try to say in a thousand ways, "Stay away from Methedrine."
You want to try to help, and you hope that it's not in vain, (vein) You want to try to help, and you hope that it's not in vain, She stays away for days and days--a slave to Methedrine.
Damn those men who sell that junk from behind their respectable blinds, I say damn those men who sell that stuff from behind their respectable blinds, I only wish they knew the damage they've done to a beautiful, beautiful mind.