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From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people died from a drug overdose in the US alone. In 2017, most of these were due to opioid abuse. This epidemic is a national disaster. This song draws on the personal stories of addicts and how lonely and difficult this sickness is.

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I fell hard like anyone would
Doctor said the pain would be good
And meanwhile, there’s somebody you ought to know

But it’s so hard to get through the night,
It’s so dark with only one light, like a
Monkey on my back, holding like he’ll never let go

Everything changed in the blink of an eye

I draw the curtain so nobody sees
I ain’t hurting nobody but me
Every minute’s like a day when there ain’t nobody around
I keep busy, keeping that gorilla down

I been aching, and I’m not alone
In the church of oxycodone, and
I’m ashamed to say what I’d do for another lite
Wear a smile, while faking a cough, now
Doctor says, “I’m cutting you off.” But
All I need is what I need to survive

Everything changed in the blink of an eye

I draw the curtain so nobody sees
I ain’t hurting nobody but me
Every minute’s like a day, when there ain’t nobody around
I keep busy, keeping that gorilla down

No better, no worse, nobody’s above
(no better, no worse, no better, no worse)
No better, no worse, like stuck in the mud,
Swimming around in the dopamine flood…(hold)

I draw the curtain so nobody sees
I ain’t hurting nobody but me
but I’m down on the ground, like a dog, just digging around....
I been busy, keeping that gorilla down
I keep busy

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from Light (2019), released June 29, 2019
Lyrics, music, instruments and vocals: James D Cotton
Photo: Magda Ehlers (Pexels)

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James Dean Cotton Seattle, Washington

James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.

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