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This Medication (Instrumental)

from Invisible Me Instrumentals (LP) by Elvis Orbison

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I was born from the belly of an angel
into the arms of a loving kind
there was so much hope
for a brand new life
but in the end I nearly died

then in my teens
I started running like a buck
so I took a little pill
and then I took a little puff
and then I packed another bowl
and I saddled up the truck
and then I drove it off the edge
and I never looked up

this medication
this medication's killing me

down in the Lower Haight
I slipped and fell in love
I met a girl
and I lied about the drugs
I lied lied lied lied
every single night
and it was paradise just for one

but over time it wasn't long
before my habits and lies
pushed her away before my very eyes
she was the one that could be my life
but she knew I was in hell
and so she buried me

this medication
this medication's killing me

the mad sensation
that sweet temptation's still in me
the bad vacations
the home invasions
are still in me

Cause I'm a demon
I'm a demon deluxe
but I'm keeping it shut
I'm a demon deluxe
Right now

after ten long years
and one day at a time
I'm a little banged up
but with a bad ass wife
I am so damn lucky
just to be alive
for what I've done
and where I've been

and I'm so so sorry
for the pain that I brought
and I never will again
if you forgive me or not
but I really need a friend
and god I want what you got

this medication
this medication's killing me

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Music and lyrics by Brett Lyda

Brett Lyda: vox, guitars, keys
George Bernardo: drums
Woody Aplanap: wah guitar
Jason Chesney: bass
Doug Lunn: additional bass

Produced by
George Bernardo & Jeremy Underwood

Mixed by David Bianco

Recorded and engineered by George Bernardo, Jeremy Underwood, David Bianco, Michael Feldman, Brett Lyda, Geof Brandin, Michael Marqueson, Shawn Power and Brian Walsh

Recorded over three years in various houses and garages in Los Feliz, Silverlake, South Pasadena, Highland Park, Pasadena, Hollywood, Glendale, Culver City, San Gabriel, Echo Park, Happy Valley, North Hollywood, San Diego and St Lucia

Additional recording at

Dave’s Room in North Hollywood

and Spotless Digital Studios in San Diego

Mastered by Louie Teran at Marcussen Mastering

Design by Canteen

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from Invisible Me Instrumentals (LP), track released April 1, 2011

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Elvis Orbison Los Angeles, California

It’s humid. There are hundreds of mosquitoes taking samples of you. The water flows languidly, almost tumbling over itself in heaps. Even the grass is despondent. What can you do?

If you’re Brett Lyda aka Elvis Orbison, you wait. Patiently. Sooner or later something will move, letting you know it’s time. Time to move your index finger from the B string to the G. Then you wait some more.
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