Most of my favorites have been mentioned so I’ll add:
Pato Banton - Don’t Sniff Coke
Curtis Mayfield - I’m your Pusher
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Are You Drinkin’ with me, Jesus?
Rolling Stones - Mother’s Little Helper
Ray Stevens - Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Tone Loc - Cheebe Cheeba
Would a taco from Satan be considered a drug?
Drug songs I don’t think are “best” but deserve a mention:
James Brown - King Heroin
Rolf Harris - Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
Dead Milkmen - Smokin’ Banana Peels
Mighty Diamonds - Pass the Dutchie
Laid Back - White Horse
Ween - Zoloft
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
I pick Down to seeds and Stems again by Commander Cody.
Your choice?
Perhaps I should write an essay the next time, so as not to confuse you. Or perhaps I should use --so you know there is the potential for multi-level thinking and/or sarcasm.
That said, I regret my brief comment “pisses” you “off a little bit;” although, your reading of my comment shows a very one-sided interpretation. If anything, I am not ignorant about the music of either the Dead or Phish. In fact, I am quite the aficianado of both bands; although, I am considerably more mature than I was when I was enjoying these bands under the influence of one substance or another in the past.
If you will note from the beginning post, this post does not say: “What is the best song with lyrics about drugs?” Rather, this post starts with “What is the best drug song?” In my humble opinion, both Phish and the Dead have songs with either music or lyics which tend to “drag you along with the music.” Especially if one is enjoying some less than (or quasi-) legal substance. The Dead, in a very generalized view, tend to tell vague stories within their songs, which one can overlay and compare to their own experiences. Phish does the same thing; however, in general, Phish’s music will tend to “drag you along” by virtue of just the music - - lyrics aside.
Rather than write an essay - I would like to encourage everyone to enjoy the music!
In a less serious vein, I’ll throw out Tom Leher’s “Old Dope Peddler”
When the shades of night are falling
Comes a fellow everyone knows
It’s the old Dope Peddler
Spreading joy wherever he goes.
And my favorite moment from the song:
He gives the kids free samples,
Because he knows full well
That today’s young innocent faces,
Will be tomorrow’s clientele.
On a more serious note: Needle and the Damage Done and White Rabbit are among my favorite songs.
Ahhhh, yes. The Cramps. But I would have Chosen Green Fuzz and Psychedelic Jungle.
“Spiders in my eyelids and ghosts in the cheese
Vampire Lesbos are after me
and I can’t get back to… REaaaality reality… reaaaaaallllllliiiiiitttttyyyyyyyyy.”
Sorry, I finally had one of those flashbacks they promised me.
--so you know there is the potential for multi-level thinking and/or sarcasm.