Shirley's On Methadone

Shirley's on methadone

She's through with the syringe

Shirley's on methadone

She's off of heroin

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Shirley is doing well

We're glad to have her home

She slept in vomit

Now she sleeps on methadone

But she stopped ripping off her neighbors

Stopped taking change from strangers

Stopped shooting needles full of dreams

Into her arms

Shirley's on methadone

We see it in her eyes

Sounds so much better

But it's just another high

But she stopped calling at three thirty

Stopped looking thin and dirty

Stopped screaming bloody murder

When she got cut off

Hey

So why don't you stop with your fake solutions?

Stop covering up the truth

And stop trying to make things smooth

And stop acting like she's stupid

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