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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Canned Heat
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alan Wilson
Songwriter
Henry Vestine
Songwriter
Les Taylor
Songwriter
Sir Simon Rattle
Songwriter
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Songwriter
Robert Tear
Songwriter
Willard White
Songwriter
Simon Halsey
Songwriter
Alison Hargan
Songwriter
Mary King
Songwriter
Adolfo de la Parra
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ted David
Producer
Evren Goknar
Mastering Engineer
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 its 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
On those little pills
She didn't it was going down fast, 'cause
Speed kills
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 no 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
Writer(s): Alan Wilson, Adolfo De La Parra, Robert Jr. Hite, Samuel Lawrence Taylor, Henry Vestine
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