Soul Asylum - Summer of Drugs (Official Video)

Official Video for “Summer of Drugs” by Soul Asylum Listen to Soul Asylum: Subscribe to the official Soul Asylum YouTube channel: Watch more of Soul Asylum’s music videos: Follow Soul Asylum: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Website: Spotify: YouTube: Lyrics: Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the woods behind the house Nobody was home so I grabbed her foot and I sucked that poison out My sister got better in a month or two when the swelling it went down But I’d started off my teenage years with a poison in my mouth And we were too young to be hippies Missed out on the love We turned to a teen in the late 70’s In the summer of the drugs Mama and daddy could never understand that life was never dull Their idea of a rollicking time was a kitchen taffy pull Acid grass downs and speed, junk those days were made of How could they suspect those kids where the monsters beneath their makers And they were too young to be hippies Missed out on the love They turned to a teen in the late 70’s In the summer of the drugs Boys and girls in every town Sand man spread his sand around Now we are just waking up From a summer of drugs Hey hey (hey hey), wow wow (wow wow) Uh huh (uh huh), yeah yeah (yeah yeah) Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Mommies and daddies were too shy to talk about those birds and bees The integrated schools had stopped, the facts of life were these Girls and boys went away and came back, empty after the weekend The talk on the phone consisted of hushed voices speaking And they were too young to be hippies (Too young to be hippies) Missed out on the love (Missed out on the love) They turned to a teen in the late 70’s In the summer of the drugs ’Cause they were too young (Too young) And they were too fast (Too fast) The summer of the... Hey hey (hey hey), wow wow (wow wow) Hey hey (hey hey), Uh huh (uh huh) Uh huh (uh huh), Uh huh (uh huh) Hey hey (hey hey), wow wow (wow wow) Hey hey (hey hey), Uh huh (uh huh) Hey hey (hey hey), Uh huh (uh huh) Hey hey (hey hey) #SoulAsylum #SummerofDrugs #SweetRelief