Cocaine Lil

by Mekons

From the album: The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll

Duration: 2:49

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Lyrics for Cocaine Lil

Did you ever hear about Cocaine Liz? She lived in Cocaine Town on a cocaine hill She had a cocaine dog and a cocaine cat They fought all night with a cocaine rat She had cocaine hair on her cocaine head She had a cocaine dress that was poppy red She wore a snowbird hat and sleighride clothes On her coat she wore a crimson cocaine rose Big gold chariots on the Milky Way Snakes and elephants, silver and gray Oh, the cocaine blues, they make me sad Oh, the cocaine blues make me feel so bad She went to a party one cold night The way she sniffed was sure a fright There was Morphine Sue and the poppy-faced kid Climbing up snow ladders, down they slid Along in the morning, 'bout half past three They were all lit up like a Christmas tree When she got home and started for bed Took another sniff and it knocked her dead They laid her out in her cocaine clothes She wore a snowbird hat with a crimson rose On her headstone you'll find this refrain

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