Amphetamine Annie lyrics

This is a song with a message!

I want you to heed my warning

I wanna tell you all a story

About this chick I know

They call her "Amphetamine Annie"

She's always shovelling snow

I sat her down and told her

I told her crystal clear

"I don't mind you getting high

But there's one thing you should fear"

"Your mind might think it's flying, baby

On those little pills

But you ought to know it's dying, 'cause

Speed kills"

But Annie kept on speeding

Her health was getting poor

She saw things in the window

She heard things at the door

Her mind was like a grinding mill

Her lips were cracked and sore

Her skin was turning yellow

I just couldn't take it no more

She thought her mind was flying in

On those little pills

She didn't know it's going down fast, 'cause

Speed kills

[Instrumental]

Well I sat her down and told her

I told her one more time

"The whole wide human race has taken

Far too much methedrine"

She said "I don't care what a Limey says,

I've got to get it on

I'm not here to just see another man

Who come from across the pond."

She wouldn't heed my warning

Lord, she wouldn't hear what I said

Now she's in the graveyard,

And she's

awfully dead

• Artist:Canned Heat
• Album:Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)