The Pusher
Appears on: Nico

Recorded at:  Mammoth Mountain, CA in a cabin in the woods April 1994

Produced and mixed by: Mike Napolitano and Blind Melon

Written by:Hoyt Axton with additional lyrics by Shannon Hoon

Live Performances: none that we know of

Notes:
Brad: Shannon was always a fan of that song.

Rogers: Christopher, Shannon and I recorded that in Mammoth in between snowboarding, skiing and sitting around the fireplace.  Shannon came up with that new verse off the top of his head, seeing it was a topic he was acquainted with. He didn't have the filter most people have where they'll selectively say things. He'd just say anything and everything that popped into his head. He'd say the dumbest thing you'd ever heard right after he'd said the most amazing thing you'd ever heard.

Christopher: Some of my best memories of Shannon are hanging out up there and having a blast. One day in the middle of winter, we just decided to pull the studio out onto the porch because we thought it would be fun to record outside. I don't know what we were thinking, maybe looking for some frosty inspiration. But it was refreshing.

Lyrics:
Snow flakes rolling over my car, goose bumbing weather
If I'm hungry at 4:30 in the morning,
Pink dot will deliver
And I'm oh so tired of you pushing that thorny crown
Down onto my head so hard,
My knees are two inches in the ground
And I said, God damn, God damn that Bible pushin' man
You know I smoked a lot of grass and I've popped a lot of pills
But I've never done nothing that my spirit couldn't kill
And I walk around with these tombstones in my eyes
But I know the pusher don't care, if you live or if you die
And I said, God damn, God damn that Bible pushin' man
Godamn, Godamn, Godamn, Godamn, God damn


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