I saw my friend today
Her name is Ana
But she has long since been swept away
I hate what heroin's done to her
Reduced her to financial, moral, and physical decay
It's been 16 or 17 years
We were once both so young
Had bright futures ahead of us and medical careers
What can I do?
What can I say?
Trouble finally came a knockin
On my door today
Well after all these years
In my on again off again dope career
She is standin at my door
Lady heroin is here
I never thought it would come to pass
Cause she was always someone else's lass
I guess that goes to show you
If you don't ever find her
She just might very well find you
When you least expect her
When you're vulnerable, needy, and blue
She just might come to you
When you're down in the dumps
And offer her seductive embrace
She'll wipe all your sorrows away
Until your tears have all vanished without a trace
Ah sweet lady in lace
For you she'll don any face
A mamacita, sister, friend, or lover
And then one day you wake up to discover
She has trapped you in body, spirit, and mind
The honeymoon is over
The magic was but an illusion
There is no pot of gold, no 4 leaf clovers
The magic caress, the brief connection
Of constant love and tender affection
That you and your friend
Thought your permanent bond
Would be enchanced forever, and never end
And now the ugly truth you find
The good lady instead has put a permenent wedge
Of separation, limitation, to Her is whom you pledge
When all is said and done
She, not your friend or lover will be number one
But oh how it makes me sad
That little monkey has hurt her life so bad
I am so blue
I never knew
The lady would one day
Come knockin on my door too
It makes me sad
It hurts so bad
Oh mama please pray for me
Don't let her come and take my soul from me
Vampira's taking flight
She see's I'm so very vulnerable and weak
Don't let her rip my soul to shreds
With her merciless beak
Oh Mama Please!
I'm beggin you God
On bended knees
Don't let her seize
My soul away from me
Her name is Ana
But she has long since been swept away
I hate what heroin's done to her
Reduced her to financial, moral, and physical decay
It's been 16 or 17 years
We were once both so young
Had bright futures ahead of us and medical careers
What can I do?
What can I say?
Trouble finally came a knockin
On my door today
Well after all these years
In my on again off again dope career
She is standin at my door
Lady heroin is here
I never thought it would come to pass
Cause she was always someone else's lass
I guess that goes to show you
If you don't ever find her
She just might very well find you
When you least expect her
When you're vulnerable, needy, and blue
She just might come to you
When you're down in the dumps
And offer her seductive embrace
She'll wipe all your sorrows away
Until your tears have all vanished without a trace
Ah sweet lady in lace
For you she'll don any face
A mamacita, sister, friend, or lover
And then one day you wake up to discover
She has trapped you in body, spirit, and mind
The honeymoon is over
The magic was but an illusion
There is no pot of gold, no 4 leaf clovers
The magic caress, the brief connection
Of constant love and tender affection
That you and your friend
Thought your permanent bond
Would be enchanced forever, and never end
And now the ugly truth you find
The good lady instead has put a permenent wedge
Of separation, limitation, to Her is whom you pledge
When all is said and done
She, not your friend or lover will be number one
But oh how it makes me sad
That little monkey has hurt her life so bad
I am so blue
I never knew
The lady would one day
Come knockin on my door too
It makes me sad
It hurts so bad
Oh mama please pray for me
Don't let her come and take my soul from me
Vampira's taking flight
She see's I'm so very vulnerable and weak
Don't let her rip my soul to shreds
With her merciless beak
Oh Mama Please!
I'm beggin you God
On bended knees
Don't let her seize
My soul away from me
