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Little Yellow Pills

from Modernism by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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A churning guitar riff propels this surrealist, poetic-licensed version of my real life story from start to finish, and a classic Andrew Jackson neo-80’s-goth guitar solo kicks it up a notch toward the end.

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Little Yellow Pills
Lyrics by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

Ah – aah – aah – aah – oh – oh

I’m in the middle of a curve
And the shadows are falling
I made my bed in a memory
I took a bath in golden leaves

I was alone in the village
There was a monk on the hill
A little ballerina elevated
She took a little yellow pill

I was driving in circles
In a kaleidoscopic city
And it was getting to be dangerous
But the lights were so pretty

Spare parts were falling off of me
Lost my voice, lost my head
Little pieces of what used to be
Leaving something else instead

Ah – aah – aah – aah – oh – oh

I’m in a battery of elephants
I hunger deeply for a thrill
I am an absent inhabitant
All blank and ready to be filled

I stumble on an oasis
Looking for an empty lot
I used to always be thirsty
Now I’m a waterfall of thought

I wore a wire on my heartstrings
Rode in a magical machine
Until I woke up in an armchair
But it was such a lovely dream

I’m in the middle of a fall
With baby phantoms all around
Moving in fast-and-slow motion
To that modulating sound

Ah – aah – aah – aah – oh – oh


I lingered long in the marshes
Fell into another stream
I was barely unconscious
Hanging in the golden mean

I’m on the outskirts of Anywhere
I’m on a bench in the park
I’m in a capsule floating out in space
Driving backwards in the dark

Ah – aah – aah – aah – oh – oh

I’m in the middle of a life
Testing my fate against will
Change my head, change my mind
Don’t need your little yellow pill

Change my head, change my mind
Don’t need no little yellow pills
Mmm hmmm
Mmm hmmm

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from Modernism, released January 9, 2012
Andrew L. Jackson: Vocals, Rhythm and lead guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drum programming
Rick Cuevas: Drums

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Andrew Lawrence Jackson

Alternative singer-songwriter, recording artist, Zru Vogue founder, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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