White lines on your mind
Keep it steady
You were never ready for the lies

White lines on your mind
Keep it steady
You were never ready for the lies

You don't have no doctor Robert
You don't have no uncle Albert
You don't even have good credit
You can write, but you can't edit

You don't have no doctor Robert
You don't have no uncle Albert
You don't even have good credit
You can write, but you can't edit
Edit, edit, edit, edit, edit, edit

White lines on your mind
Keep it steady
You were never ready for the lies

You don't have no doctor Robert
You don't have no uncle Albert
You don't even have good credit
You can write, but you can't edit
Edit, edit, edit, edit, edit, edit


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    While I see the drug references and the cryptic meanings of the Doctor Robert/Uncle Albert allusions, I'm going with writing and suffering for an art or piece you're trying to create as the primary meaning of this song. Regina is calling out those who think the stuff they create is just masterpieces, every time, but really, for something to be truly a masterpiece, it requires a lot of effort, editing, revising, throwing out, starting over, etc. As a "writer" (or trying to be), I've come to accept that I have to have thousands of shitty first drafts before I can have something halfway decent. I'll admit it, I can write, but editing? Still working on that...

    AmericanAquariumDrinkeron November 13, 2009   Link

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