You are the sweetest disease for me
I can't hear you say please to me
There's nothing you cannot say to me
Come on get down and pray with me
There's no feeling inside of me
You'll see nothing can hide in me
You'll find nothing can feed on me
Don't look, listen or believe in me
Get down
Shut up
Come on in
It's time to take your medicine
I'm unfit
I'm unfair
You can't feel
And I don't care
Get down
Shut up
Come on in
It's time to take your medicine
I'll wipe a stripe on you tonight
I'll tee you high and you will fly
I can't hear you say please to me
There's nothing you cannot say to me
Come on get down and pray with me
You'll see nothing can hide in me
You'll find nothing can feed on me
Don't look, listen or believe in me
Shut up
Come on in
It's time to take your medicine
I'm unfit
I'm unfair
You can't feel
And I don't care
Get down
Shut up
Come on in
It's time to take your medicine
I'll wipe a stripe on you tonight
I'll tee you high and you will fly
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The liner notes omit the reprise of the first verse, with different lyrics:
You are the sweet disease in me I cannot hear your pleas to me There's nothing you can't say to me Come on get down and play with me
Can be heard at 3:50 and 5:13.
This song, sung in pricelessly creepy Raymond Watts fashion, depicts a drug dealer intent on hooking people on heroin. "I'll wipe a stripe on you tonight / I'll tee you high, and you will fly," describes the ritual of cleaning the vein with alcohol and injecting heroin.