Girl,
You have no faith in medicine
Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl,
You have no faith in medicine

Is there a way to find a cure for this
Implanted in a pill?
Is it just the name upon the bottle
The determines if it will?

Is the problem your allergic
To a well familiar name?
Do you have any problem with this one
If the results are they same?

Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl,
You have no faith in medicine

Well strip the bark right off a tree
And just hand it this way
Don't even need a drink of water
To make the headache go away
Give me a sugar pill
And watch me just rattle
Down the street

Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl,
You have no faith in medicine


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Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine Lyrics as written by Jack White

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    i think jack is poking fun at this girl. every adolescent at some point has had this attitude, "no one can possibly understand me. no one has ever felt the way i do. no one or nothing can help me now." this girl is just going through that stage. she refuses to take her "medicine" because she's convinced herself that she's without hope but jack mocks that she's merely "allergic to a well familiar name." it's not that she can't be helped, its that she doesn't want to be helped because that will make her just like all of the other pill poppers out there.

    even though the subject of this song is the girl, jack also mocks modern medicine. there are drugs for everything and merely "the name upon the bottle" will determine what it can do for you.

    i agree with lillybart--the line "give me sugar pill and watch me just rattle" is definitely in reference to the placebo effect.

    so much sarcasm. gotta love it.

    rita meteron November 17, 2004   Link

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