Girl on LSD

Tom Petty

I was in love with a girl on marijuana
She said, "If I'm not stoned I don't wanna"
But she got so paranoid
Her place I would avoid
I was in love with a girl on marijuana

I was in love with a girl on cocaine
She had everything going but her brain
We?d talk endlessly for hours
But by morning it'd go sour
I was in love with a girl on cocaine

[Chorus]
Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue
I found no drug compares to you
With all these pills
And all this weed
I don't know just what I need

I was in love with a girl on LSD
She'd see things I'd never see
She broadened her perspective
Then I got more selective
I was in love with a girl on LSD

[Chorus]

I was in love with a girl who drank beer
Till bad breath and all she disappeared
She was blowing up real bad
But when she left I was still sad
I was in love with a girl who drank beer

I was in love with a girl on China white
We were married for a year one night
Her memory still lingers
?cause I burned all my fingers
I was in love with a girl on China white

I was in love with a girl who drank coffee
There were times when I couldn't keep her off me
That caffeine got her goin'
But her ugly side was showin'
I was in love with a girl who drank coffee

I was in love with a girl who was a dealer
I was afraid somebody?d come steal her
We never used to fight
But the phone rang day and night
I was in love with a girl who was a dealer

Sure as hell
She got popped by the big guys


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    Only Tom Petty could do this! He's a genious.

    jdjon August 15, 2006   Link

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