Honey White Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Walking_Turtle 

Cover art for Honey White lyrics by Morphine

"Son, the funny powders in the glassine envelopes are poison. Always remember. White and brown alike samesame and commersh 'baccy's even worse, so just keep yourself away from all that and keep 'em out of your body; you'll sure suffer less for walking thatttaway, I promise you."

"Yes, Dad. Life is already sweet; I find it so."

"Later, Son, I shall talk with you about Marijuana. Soon, when everything is ready. Gotta' go now; thanks for hearing me out, goodnight and have a GREAT one!"

Meantime, Little Sister for once was not eavesdropping. Strong warning.

Walking_Turtle said it all: this song is a cautionary tale about the danger of drug use and drug addiction.

The title character seems to be named after a loaf of bread. People are sometimes called "white bread"; that appears to be happening here.

She makes a deal with the Devil. As usual, it doesn't turn out to be a good one, from her perspective.