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I know this little woman
Her soul is for sale
Her lips are chapped
And her face is pale
Look out momma
Whatcha trying to lose
If you don't be careful
You're gonna catch them cocaine blues

She was always in the bathroom
When we'd go to the shows
"I'll be right back," she'd say,
"I gotta powder my nose,"
C'mon girl, We all saw the clues
Yeah it's sneaking up on her
But she's catching them cocaine blues

When she ran out
She'd get on the phone
Even her dealer said
"Leave it alone"
That's bad y'all
Whatever happened to booze?
She ain't over the edge
but she's got them cocaine blues

When she finally figured out
She'd have to sacrifice
She started dating her dealer
For a discount price
He said "Listen up baby,
you're gonna have to choose.
Do you want me, or do you want them cocaine blues?"

So, she roller skated
Down the road that he paved
And then one night
She got in his way
Oh lord sister,
where'd you get that bruise?
When you gonna leave it woman?
When you gonna drop them cocaine blues?

She got busted
With a couple of rails
She's doing time
In the county jail
That's right y'all
I got some more bad news
She didn't learn her lesson
And she fell back in them cocaine blues

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from Songs for the Reaper, released February 9, 2008
John Synder on Harmonica.

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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus Grand Rapids, Michigan

“This Grand Rapids band does the groovy, experimental, jam-rock thing in a way that would make Frank Zappa proud.”

Brian McCollum - Detroit Free Press

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