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Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread

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Burnin', I feel a burnin' in my stomach
I wanna' know if I'm a gonna make it
If I don't just spread my ashes
If I do just spread your mind

Swimmin', I see myself a treadin' water
I see no signs of any other people
There's a heron up above me
I lay back and spread my mind

Duchess, she used to be a movie maker
She used to like to watch the boys watch
her
And she saved enough money
To go to Cal and spread her mind

Billy, used to follow the Dead with Arnie
And they made a hundred thousand dollars

But ended up in federal prison
Twenty years for spreading minds

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knate15 On Dec 17, 2001

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2001-12-17 04:00:45

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by TheHeckler348

23y ago

ACID. This song is about acid. "ended up in federal prison twenty years for spreading minds." Or "i feel is burnin' in my stomach" or "swimmin', i see myself a treadin' water/i see no signs of any other people" OR "I lay back and spread my mind." "The Dead" is (if your so damn music ignorant) THE GRATEFUL DEAD. Back in the sixties acid just hit and ya know possession of acid over 4 hits is 10 years. Awesome bassline as always.

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by SirSquiggly

21y ago

No, sir, not even close. Meth is more for rednecks, anyway. A good place to go for your questions about drugs and such is Erowid.com.

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by The Distorted

20y ago

"Burnin', I feel a burnin' in my stomach"

that tends to lean towards the suggestion that's it's the effects of acid he's most likely talking about. It's obviously not stated though.

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by TheIrieEyedJedi

20y ago

its certainly a psychodelic drug referenced song, but i would say its mushrooms rather than acid...i would imagine a 'burning' stomach refers to the cramps associated with digesting shrooms, while acid has no physical effect