Lyric discussion by Burglewood 

There's enough information in this song... Definately valium. Little yellow pill, plus the time the song came out (1966), and the time valium came out (1963) all point to this along with other textual clues.

@Burglewood It doesn't really matter what the "pill" is. This is the topic of discussion in forums for this. The point is she's reliant on a drug and in the end probably died because of it... No more running for the shelter of mothers little helper...

@Burglewood It doesn't really matter what the "pill" is. This is the topic of discussion in forums for this. The point is she's reliant on a drug and in the end probably died because of it... No more running for the shelter of mothers little helper... Edit to add they were probably Quaaludes any ways..

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