
Date of issue: 21.12.2008
Record label: Reprise, Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Been This Way Before |
Well I been on the scene |
For a mighty long time |
I never use drugs |
Because I find |
It meant destruction |
To some friends of mine |
Dope is mean |
Dope is unkind |
Just like a bad dream |
Always on my mind |
But from a bad dream |
You will awake |
Taking drugs |
Is the final mistake |
I tripped about drugs |
And this story I tell |
So listen all you people |
And listen well |
Well it seems to me |
That I been this way before |
I seen these sights |
Just where I’m not sure |
Maybe in my dreams |
Or a story told |
I would know these warnings |
Even with a blindfold |
I know this path |
Has an evil lead |
You know it’s evil and it’s lurking |
In the summer breeze |
Yes it’s evil and it’s lurking |
Off to my side |
But I have no fear |
Because I been here |
Dig it, dig it |
I been this way before |
The path is dark and so unsure |
Filled with warnings |
That we all ignore |
I got to keep my eyes open |
So I don’t miss the door |
You got to keep your eyes open |
So you don’t miss the door, dig it |
We got to keep our eyes open |
So we don’t miss the door, dig it |
Now dig up, everybody |
This is what I got to say |
You got to choose real careful |
Not to go astray |
Well I know this Joe, he is useless, yeat |
Without wine, women, fun and song |
But even wine, women, fun and song |
Can lead you wrong |
If you don’t know you gotta be strong |
I been here before |
Well the path is rough |
For rich and poor |
Young and old, you see I know |
You. |
know the road |
Has so many, so many |
Highways and bi-ways |
And both ways and more ways |
Right ways and wrong ways |
There’s so many ways |
You know you better choose right |
Dig it |
Here lies such a lovely flower |
Just look at it sighin' |
As it lies among the vines |
I got to watch out |
As it lies in its spendor |
'Cause I know that it’s waiting |
There to hinder |
But it can’t fool me |
'Cause I know, yes I know |
'Cause I know that it’s poison ivy |
Well poison ivy makes me think |
About a friend I had |
Makes me think about a friend |
Who was my enemy |
Yes he offered me a pill |
And said my brain would heal |
But his pill only gave me |
A temporary thrill |
I was trapped like a slave |
I was trapped like a slave |
For the slow slow kill |
This dope would steal |
Now a bottle of dope |
Gives me a cold chill |
Leave the crack alone |
Leave the crack alone |
I would rather get |
The legal stuff that they distill |
And be better off |
From now until |
Because you see I know |
Because I’ve been here |
I been this way before |
The path is dark and so unsure |
Filled with warnings |
That we all ignore |
Taking drugs is the final mistake |
Taking drugs is the final mistake |
I been this way before |
The path is dark and so unsure |
Filled with warnings |
That we all ignore |
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