Slow Death
The Flamin’ Groovies * Track #7 On One Night Stand
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Slow Death by The Flamin' Groovies
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The Flamin’ GrooviesProduced by
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A 1972 single from the San Francisco garage rock band. The band liked this song as an album track but their record company insisted it be released as a single. The lyrics are anti-drug telling the story from the perspective of an unrepentant drug addict in the final stages of self-destruction.
Slow Death Lyrics
I called the doctor
Up in the morning
I had a fever
It was a warning
She said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
She said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
It's a slow, slow death
I called the preacher
Holy, holy
I begged forgiveness
That's when he told me
He said "There's nothing I can prescribe
To keep your raunchy bag of bones alive"
I got some money left for one more shot
He said "God bless you" I said "Thanks a lot"
[Chorus/instrumental break]
I got to mainline
A hit of morphine
It's set to mainline
It's like a bad dream
Slow death... eat my mind away
Slow death... turn my guts to clay
Slow death [repeated]
Yeah, yeah [repeated]
Slow Death Q&A
Who wrote Slow Death's ?
Slow Death was written by The Flamin’ Groovies & Roy Loney.
Who produced Slow Death's ?
Slow Death was produced by Dave Edmunds.
When did The Flamin’ Groovies release Slow Death?
The Flamin’ Groovies released Slow Death on Thu Jun 01 1972.