CRC 7173, Affectionately Lyrics

Lyric discussion by poopmachine 

Cover art for CRC 7173, Affectionately lyrics by John Vanderslice

CRC7173 is the code stamped onto the medication Gabapentin.

JV uses the theme of mental illness (and the medications that go with it) frequently, and in this case, the narrator is self-medicating with it.