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The Lawrence Arms – The YMCA Down the Street from the Clinic Lyrics 7 years ago
I think it goes a little further than what puddlejumper says. I get hints of heroin in the songs.
"This sweet and sticky dream was nothing that I needed"
"I got a bad, sick stink, and I’m bathing in the sink" - Heroin use makes you smell really bad.
"Just demons to believe; poisons lined up to feed ‘em" - Lined up, like train tracks.
"I got these black rotten teeth Cracking off in bloody beef" - Heroin causes toothloss

Even the title, down the street from clinic, seem to point to a methadone clinic.

I agree though, definitely one of their best songs.

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