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Bass Strings Lyrics

Hey partner, won't you pass that reefer round,
My world is spinnin', yeah, just got to slow it down.
Oh, yes you know I've sure got to slow it down.
Get so high this time that you know
I'll never come down, I'll never come down.
I believe I'll go out to the seashore, let the waves wash my mind,
Open up my head now just to see what I can find.
Oh, yes you know I'm gonna see what I can find,
Just one more trip now, you know I'll stay high
All the time, all the time.

Yes, I'll go out to the desert just to try and find my past.
Truth lives all around me, but it's just beyond my grasp.
Oh, yes you know it's just beyond my grasp.
I'll let the sand and the stars and the wind
Carry me back, oh carry me back.

L.S.D.
L.S.D.
L.S.D.
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Cover art for Bass Strings lyrics by Country Joe McDonald

Upcompromising drug epic.

Cover art for Bass Strings lyrics by Country Joe McDonald

Seems quite obvious what the song is about, an LSD trip. Not necessarily a bad one, though the speaker expresses a need to "slow it down". The whispering voice that says "LSD" in the ending confirms which drug the speaker is on.

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