Lyr Add: Cod'ine [Codeine] (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

07 Nov 01 - 09:28 PM (#587938)
Subject: Lyr Add: COD'INE [CODEINE] (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

I was looking for the lyrics to "Codeine" or "Codine" and couldn't find them, so took the time to write them down. I'm not sure how to post them on the database?

Lance in AZ


COD'INE
As recorded by Buffy Sainte-Marie on "It's My Way" (1964)

In my belly's a cravin'; I got a shootin' in my head.
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
If I live till tomorrow, it'll be a long time,
But I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll rise on cod'ine.

CHORUS: And it's real, and it's real, one more time.

Well, when I was a young girl, I learned not to care.
Off whiskey and frolic I often did swear.
My mother and father said whiskey's a curse,
But the fate of their baby was a million times worse. CHORUS

Stay away from the cities; stay away from the towns.
Stay away from the man pushin' the codeine around.
Stay away from the stores where the remedies you find.
Far better your pain than be caught on cod'ine. CHORUS

You'll forget you're a woman; you'll forget about men.
Try it just once and you'll try it again.
You'll forget about life; you'll forget about time,
And you'll live out your days as a slave to cod'ine. CHORUS

But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done:
I heeded the warnin' that I got when I was young.
My one satisfaction it comes when I think
That I'm living my life without bending to drink. CHORUS

In my belly's a cravin'; I got a shakin' in my head.
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead.
If I live till tomorrow, it'll be a long time,
But I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on cod'ine. CHORUS

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08 Nov 01 - 03:20 PM (#588474)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Codeine
From: okthen

I first heard this song in the 60's, and thought "what's this song about then" my mum used to give me codeine when I was a kid and there was no big deal.Now I'm thinking maybe it was used to represent some other drug (cocaine?)Or is codeine stronger in the US ?

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08 Nov 01 - 03:28 PM (#588481)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Codeine
From: Malcolm Douglas

See also these previous threads:

codeine by Buffy Sainte Marie
Universal soldier and Codine

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09 Nov 01 - 11:11 AM (#588998)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Codeine
From: Joe Offer

Hi, okthen. Codeine is derived from opium. It has an effect similar to morphine, but is less habit-forming. There have been many incidents of codeine abuse, but I don't know how serious the problem was. I think that America tends to get a bit hysterical about drug abuse. The usual response is to ban anything that might be addictive, to protect people from themselves.

-Joe Offer in California-

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09 Nov 01 - 11:23 AM (#589004)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Codeine
From: Marymac90

Currently, one street drug combination that is often obtained by prescription is called "Pancakes and Syrup". I believe the "Syrup" part of this combination is a codeine-based cough syrup, but I don't remember what the second drug often used recreationally with this is.

Marymac--drawing on some of my social-worker knowledge

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