Artist: The Verve
Track: The Drugs Don't Work
Lyrics
All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down
And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
But I know I'm on a losing streak
'Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
'Cause baby, ooo, if heaven falls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead
All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
'Cause baby, ooo, if heaven falls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead
But if you wanna show, just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
I'm never going down, I'm never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never going down, I'm never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
Full Lyrics and Meaning
 Genius Lyrics
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The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work
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“The Drugs Don’t Work” was released as the second single off of Urban Hymns. One interpretation is that it was written following the death of singer Richard Ashcroft’s father.
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The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work (Demo)
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown / This time I'm comin' down / And I hope you're thinking of me / As you lay down
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Ben Harper – The Drugs Don’t Work
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown / This time I'm comin' down / And I know you're thinking of me / As you lay down
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The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work - Radio Edit
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown / This time I'm coming down / And I hope you're thinking of me / As you lay down
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CASISDEAD – Drugs Don't Work
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Sampling “The Drugs Don’t Work” by The Verve, CASISDEAD describes the cycle of addiction, illustrating the thought processes that both endorse and condemn it from different
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Three Days Grace – The Drugs Don’t Work
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[Verse 1] / All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown / This time I'm going down / [Bridge] / And I hope you're thinking of
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (MSG Version)
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[Instrumental]
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The Verve – Echo Bass
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In the beds of a million homes / Lie the broken hearted / In the rooms in a million houses / Die the broken hearted / Tell me why, I just started / In the bridges, in the arches
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The Verve – Country Song
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Dying is easy / It's what I'm living for / I heard a beggar / As he wept on my floor / These days I just can't find my ground / No one seems to see me as I'm walking around / Cause
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Oh no, no, no, no / And I'm watching her die / On my TV / And the daddy cries / How could it be / And it could be you / And it could be me / Child full of giving / Child full of
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Richard Ashcroft – The Drugs Don’t Work
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown / This time I'm comin' down / And I hope you're thinking of me / As you're down
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The Verve – So Sister
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I wrote your name in dust on a truck / As it rolled out of town / Just in case my love for you might be found / I cried my tears in a mountain stream / They'll sting you one day
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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Wretch 32 – Blur
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[Intro] / Woah-oh-oh-oh / Woah-oh-oh-ohhh (x2) / [Hook x2] / Yeah it's been a Blur / I've been throwing Stone Roses / Sipping on my Oasis / Feeling like the Verve / The drugs don't
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The Verve – Stamped
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So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad scene / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm having a bad dream / Oh, Oh, oh, oh ... / In a bad dream
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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Lyrics for Drugs Don't Work by The Verve. All this talk of gettin′ old
It's gettin′ me down, my love
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The Verve - The Drugs Don’t Work translation in Spanish
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