Cocaine
Jackson Browne * Track #5 On Running on Empty
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Album Running on Empty
Cocaine by Jackson Browne
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Jackson Browne’s “Cocaine” is a reworking of “Cocaine Blues” by Reverend Gary Davis, with additional lyrics by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey. It appears on Browne’s 1977 album, Running On Empty.
Cocaine Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You take Sally and I'll take Sue
There ain't no difference between the two
Cocaine, running all 'round my brain
[Verse 2]
Headin' down Scott, turnin' up Main
Looking for that girl who sells cocaine
Cocaine, runnin' all 'round my brain
[Bridge]
Mmm momma come here quick
That old cocaine 'bout to make me sick
Cocaine, runnin' all 'round my brain
[Verse 3]
Late last night about a quarter past four
Ladanyi come knockin' down my hotel room door
Where's the cocaine?
Said it's runnin' all 'round my brain
[Verse 4]
I was talking to my doctor down at the hospital
(What'd he say?)
He said, "Son, it says here you're twenty-seven
But that's impossible
Cocaine, you look like you could be forty-five"
[Verse 5]
Now I'm losing touch with reality and I'm almost out of blow
It's such a fine line I hate to see it go
Cocaine, runnin' all 'round my brain
[Outro: Jackson Browne, Band Member & David Lindley]
Blood on the highway.
Gotta take either more of it or less of it. I can't quite figure out which one.
Well, I tell ya what it does take. It takes a clear mind is what it takes.
You mean it takes a clear mind to take it or a clear mind not to take it?
It takes a clear mind to make it.
Cocaine Q&A
Who wrote Cocaine's ?
Cocaine was written by Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey & Rev. Gary Davis.
Who produced Cocaine's ?
Cocaine was produced by Jackson Browne.
When did Jackson Browne release Cocaine?
Jackson Browne released Cocaine on Tue Dec 06 1977.
What's the context for the recorded conversation at the end of the song?
In the September 1983 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Browne gave the following insight into how the conversation at the end of the track came about:
“At the end of the song,” said Browne, “there’s a bit where David [Lindley] did his Strother Martin voice and said, ‘It takes a clear mind to make i...