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Little White Pill


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Little White Pill

I got the idea for the lyrics from a song by Gillian Welch called "My Morphine"
I've always liked the song for its melody and for the not your usual love song subject.  

https://gillianwelch.bandcamp.com/track/my-morphine

For my song I wanted to use the melody from Blueberry Hill but I couldn't hit the higher notes so the song evolved into something else.

I haven't done a vocal in a while for obvious reasons. I used a lot of Melodyne which helped get me on pitch but it introduced some artifacts which I gave up on trying to fix. So the vocal isn't too good but it doesn't much matter. It was fun to do.


Thanks for listening/comments.

MusicLab RealGuitar Classic
Kontakt piano
Zebra  strings

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I found my thrill
in a little white pill
it was love at first sight
she  made me feel all right
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she smiled at me
she said  just follow me
that's when I fell
I fell under her spell
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such a beautiful romance
you should have seen us dance
swaying as the music played
swirling the night away

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gtr break
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something's gone wrong
the thrill is gone
not like it used to be
she don't smile at me
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what can I do
to make it like before
she whispered in my ear
Honey I need more
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So I told a sad story
the doctor felt sorry
now life is  worthwhile again
she's smiling at me  again
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gtr break
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something's gone wrong
the thrill is gone
not like it was before
she don't smile any more
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what can I do
to make it like before
she whispered in my ear
Honey I need more

 

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Nigel, Steve, Jack   thanks I appreciate the comments.
Wookie, I'm a retired pharmacist. I've prepared a lot of morphine drips but at a veterans' hospital they were used for heart attack and cancer patients.
-Bjorn

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