Girl on LSD

Girl on LSD

SONG INFO

Girl on LSD

  • Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer
  • Release Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 (27 years ago)
  • Original Key: A major
  • Trivia:
    • Was the original B-Side to the single “You Don’t Know How It Feels” in 1994
    • After “joint” was censored from YDKHIF, Warner Bros. Records refused to include “Girl on L.S.D.” on the album Wildflowers
  • Performers: Tom Petty
  • Writers:
    • Tom Petty
  • Producers:
    • Mike Campbell
    • Rick Rubin
    • Tom Petty
  • Record Label:
    • Warner Bros. Records
  • Recording Studio:
    • Sound City Studios

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS


[IWLW: I was in love with…]

IWLW a girl on MARIJUANA
She said “If I’m not stoned, I don’t wanna”
But she got so paranoid
Her place I would avoid
IWLW a girl on marijuana

IWLW a girl on COCAINE
She had everything going but a brain
We’d talk endlessly for hours
But by morning it’d go sour
IWLW a girl on cocaine

Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue
I found no drug that compares to you
All these pills, all this weed
I don’t know just what I need

IWLW a girl on LSD
She’d see things I’d never see
She broadened her perspective
Then I got more selective
IWLW a girl on LSD

Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue
I found no drug that compares to you
All these pills, all this weed
I don’t know just what I need

IWLW a girl who drank BEER
‘Til bad breath and all she disappeared
She was blowing up real bad
But when she left I was still sad
IWLW a girl who drank beer

IWLW a girl on CHINA WHITE
We were married for a year one night
Her memory still lingers
‘Cause I burned all my fingers
IWLW a girl on China white

IWLW a girl who drank COFFEE
There were times when I couldn’t keep her off me
That caffeine got her going
But her ugly side was showing
IWLW a girl who drank coffee

IWLW a girl who was a DEALER
I was afraid somebody would come and steal her
We never used to fight
But the phone rang day and night
IWLW a girl who was a dealer

Sure as hell
She got popped by the big guys


Girl On LSD (Alternate Version)

I was in love with a girl on marijuana
She said "If I'm not stoned, I don't wanna"
But she got so paranoid
Her place I would avoid
I was in love with a girl on marijuana

I was in love with a girl on cocaine
She had everything going but a brain
We'd talk endlessly for hours
But by morning it'd go sour
I was in love with a girl on cocaine

Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue I found no drug that compares to you
All these pills, all this weed
I don't know just what I need

I was in love with a girl on LSD
She'd see things I'd never see
She broadened her perspective
Then I got more selective
I was in love with a girl on LSD

Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue
I found no drug that compares to you
All these pills, all this weed
I don't know just what I need

CHORDS


[VS 1: MARIJUANA]
D                  G       A   D
I's in love with a girl on marijuana
D                     G        D     A
(she) said if I'm not stoned I don't wanna
G          D
but she got so paranoid
A              G
her place I would avoid
G           A          D
I's in love with a girl on marijuana

[same for all verses]
 
[VS 2: COCAINE]
I's in love with a girl on cocaine
she had everything going but her brain
we'd talk endlessly for hours
but by morning it'd go sour
I's in love with a girl on cocaine
 
[CHORUS]
G               D
Through extacy, crystal meth. and glue
A                           D
I found no drug compares to you
G
all these pills
D
and all this weed
A
I don't know just what I need
 
[VS 3: L.S.D.]
I's in love with a girl on l.s.d.
she'd see things I'd never see
she broadened her perspective
then I got more selective
I's in love with a girl on l.s.d.
 
(repeat chorus)
 
[VS 4: BEER]
I's in love with a girl who drank beer
till bad breath and all she disappeared
she was blowing up real bad
but when she left I was still sad
I's in love with a girl who drank beer
 
[VS 5: CHINA WHITE]
I's in love with a girl on china white
we were married for a year one night
her memory still lingers
cause I burned all my fingers
I's in love with a girl on china white
 
[VS 6: COFFEE]
I's in love with a girl who drank coffee
there was times when I couldn't keep her off me
that caffine got her going
but her ugly side was showing
I's in love with a girl who drank coffee
 
[VS 7: DEALER]
I's in love with a girl who was a dealer
I's afraid somebody'd come and steal her
we never used to fight
but the phone rang day and night
I's in love with a girl who was a dealer
sure as hell
she got popped by the big guy

CHORDS FROM: https://www.chordsound.com/chords-PETTY_TOM-Girl_On_Lsd-42893.html