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Lookin' For A Vein

from New Kind of Blue by Joe Flood

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Life is hard I know
It is everywhere you go
But you can't see the sunshine for the rain
And it sure is sad
To see you look and feel so bad
When you've spent your life running from the pain
And now you're only lookin' for a vein

You could dance, you could smoke
You could laugh and tell a joke
And I never did once hear you complain
But once that heroin
Got in underneath your skin
Your life just did never feel the same
And now you're only lookin' for a vein

Now I know all the times you tried to quit
How you thought you could just fool around with it
But the longing for that long gone train
Chugging through your brain
Is your ball and chain

Your my friend, my friend
You will be to the end
But there's one thing that time just won't explain
Why you spend yours looking for a vein

Now I used to think
That you didn't need to drink
That you were only having too much fun
But it ain't fun no more
When you're falling on the floor
And all because you're struggling 'gainst the strain
Of the thing that keeps you lookin' for a vein

And I don't mean to preach
But every spot within your reach
Has been shot so full of holes that it's insane
And it can't feel so good
To look like a piece of wood
That's been banged and scarred and cut against the grain
And now you're only lookin' for a vein

Now I know all the times you tried to quit
How you thought you could just fool around with it
But the longing for that long gone train
Chugging through your brain
Is your ball and chain

Your my friend, my friend
You will be to the end
But there's one thing that time just won't explain
Why you spend yours looking for a vein

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from New Kind of Blue, released July 10, 2010
Joe Flood, banjo and vocal

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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