3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds

Album: Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
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  • Do away with people blowin' my mind
    Do away with people wastin' my precious time
    Take me to a simple place
    Where I can easily see my face
    Maybe baby, I'll see that you were kind
    Know I love you baby, yes I do
    Know I love you baby, yes I do

    Do away with people laughin' at my hair
    Do away with people frownin' on my precious cares
    Take me to a circus tent
    Where I can easily pay my rent
    And all the other freaks will share my cares
    Know I love you baby, yes I do
    Know I love you baby, yes I do

    Do away with things that come on obscene
    Like hot rods, pre-cleaned real fine nicotine
    Sometimes the price is sixty-five dollars
    Prices like that make a grown man holler
    'Specially when it's sold by a kid who's only fifteen
    Know I love you baby, yes I do
    Know I love you baby, yes I do Writer/s: MARTY BALIN
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Comments: 2

  • Paul Aronoff from Los Angeles, Ca.3/5 of a mile is the distance down Haight St. From Golden Gate Park(Stanton St.) to Ashby.
  • Dem from San FranciscoThe line is "Like high-priced, pretty clean, real fine nicotine." Possibly still a pot reference though; cigs were about a half a buck a pack in 1967.
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