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Don't Need Cocaine

from Back To My Place by Jim Danby

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Mental health is a big issue these days. Luckily, there are some excellent 'happy pills' available that can help to mend the invisible injury known as a broken mind.

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Once there was a man who needed stitches
'Cause he got into a fight and came off worst
The blade it cut him deep
From ear to chin, just missing all the nerves
The tidy row of sutures kept his jawline
From spilling all its contents to the floor
And as each day passed by
That nasty wound would heal a little more

But Sertraline, you work unseen
You lift my mind from where it's been
I don't need cocaine, no nicotine
Just a gram or two of Sertraline

And once there was a girl who snapped her shin bone
So they set it in a brace to help it mend
With crutches she could stand
The things she couldn't do, she'd ask a friend
With her clumsy little way, she sometimes knocked it
And the pain would swiftly pour out of her eyes
If you wondered why the tears
A quick look at her leg, you'd realise

But Sertraline, you work unseen
You lift my mind from where it's been
I don't need cocaine, no nicotine
Just a gram or two of Sertraline

And once there was a man who couldn't handle
All that life was piling in his brain
The rails they led downhill
And racing ever faster sped the train
Till a kindly lady doctor pulled the brakes on
She says, “Your serotonin levels they're too low
It's just chemicals you see, and if you're lacking
Well you're mojo will not flow”

So Sertraline, you work unseen
You lift my mind from where it's been
I don't need cocaine, no nicotine
Just a gram or two of Sertraline

'Cause a broken mind is like a wounded soldier
Who crawls to safety from the line of fire
And hopes that help will come to finally save him
Before the heat of battle gets much higher

So Sertraline, you work unseen
You lift my mind from where it's been
I don't need cocaine, no nicotine
Just a gram or two of Sertraline
I don't need cocaine, no nicotine
Just a gram or two of Sertraline

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from Back To My Place, released October 7, 2020
© Jim Danby 2020

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Influences come from life, love and laughter - sometimes viewed from a jaunty angle.

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