Oxycontin Blues by Steve Earle

This song is called Oxycontin Blues by Steve Earle. It in my mind describes the "blues" of a drug addict. This song is written very well because Steve Earle was addicted to drugs but they nearly killed him so he quit.

The lyrics are as follows:

Well my daddy worked in the coal mine
Till the company shut it down
Then he sat around and drank hisself blind
Till we put him back underground
Now nothin grows on this mountain
And whats a poor boy to do?
Except to wander these hills forgotten
With the oxycontin blues

Well I never cared much for whiskey
Cause it only made daddy mean
Wrapped a little bit tight they tell me
For the methamphetamine
Then my cousin come up from Knoxville
And he taught me a thing or two
Now Im headed nowhere but downhill
With the oxycontin blues

Got a dollar bill in my pocket
Got a half a tank in my truck
Im gonna go and pawn grandmas locket
Hell, maybe itll change my luck
Aint nothin gonna be right no how
Cause I know I cant ever lose
This devil thats draggin me down
And the oxycontin blues

Category:

Music

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• Oxycontin
• Blues
• Steve
• Earle
• Washington
• Square
• Serenade
• rock/flok
• rockabilly
• country
• drug
• addiction
• music

[scottymacin]

@MDS13MDS haha so true, OP's put an end to all the fun.

[67DieHardPatriot454]

oxycontin you open the door you'll never close it. It will be your eternal fire. Your life will become all about getting pills. If you want to acomplish anything in your life dont start with opiates unless what you want to acomplish is getting high.

[swirlcrop]

This is a good song.

[bjones1123]

@dotatough Hey, I grew up in Hazard,KY. I was in Hazard during the rise and climax of the OC epidemic. I have seen so many of my friends die or lead lives of dereliction. I lead a life of derelicition and almost died. OC KILLS! so does methadone and suboxone. Shake the dust from your heels or become one. Life is better without a needle!

[wvkymoosehellbilly66]

this song is supost to be about harlen county ky

[kEPTreaL100]

Amazing/ TruthMusic/ Steve Earle is a naturally gifted writer/ The artist that doesn't flaunt the title and ego is one who needn't be told what they create is for others to absorb and experience/ fufilment and success are opposites that collide and distort the logical perception once titles and ego become priority and routine.

[MegaMljc]

Surely I couldve got another insult in there...you're a tool.

[MegaMljc]

dotatough is clearly a teenage fuckwit. Enjoy the oxy while it lasts cunt I bet you'll be in jail or dead in the next decade. We all enjoy it at the beginning you little brat see how you feel in five years. Punk.

[kilachronalday]

OOh good song and OOh i dont miss the last 7 years of whiny opiate addicts i was one and i hate them opiates and love them they will kill you i seen 3 ppl die and known a few more the shits a killer and its amazing but i enjoy getting real fuckin stoned and drunk feels better than any pill dont care who u are and yes the government wants us whacked out on meds so we dont see what the fuck is goin on open your eyes america and stock up on guns and ammo be ready to head to the pharmacies haha

[molee1955]

@dotatough Why are you so full of hate? Slow down, dude.

[rainspirit100]

interesting comments, got some real strong opinions up in here

[dotatough]

It's pathetic how all of you 'addicts' are so desperate for sympathy, pity, help, and acceptance. Its equally pathetic how you 'activists' rally against the addicts. Fuck both sides of the fence. Here's a tip: grow some balls and quit. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Heres another tip: stay the fuck out of other peoples business, if they want to fly on ox, who are you to tell them to stop? Either way, both groups can suck my dick. Time to start being grown ups, you pieces of shit.