I wrote this back in 2012 before BIAB and played for real, well guitar and bass anyway.
This is the song born again.
Some may find it a bit preachy but it's all for your own good. smile

The band:
Bass 539
Drums Nashville swing
Guitars 372, 3518 and 977
Piano 1854
Harmonica 2855
https://soundcloud.com/vic-arnold/roll-em-up-1?si=34ec35bb9d5f4dfd9b6b13cc2d5cac9e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Roll 'em up © 2012 Vic Arnold A

v1
There's a big storm a gathering.
Beating you up and dragging you in.
I see it coming, a big black cloud.
Gonna pick you up, gonna throw you around.
Roll 'em up. Gotta take your medicine.
Roll 'em up. Take it all in.
v2
If you're taking that stuff you're gonna fly
to the big dark cloud in the big dark sky
Laughing at the people standing on the ground.
You'll be crying for mercy on the way back down.
ch.
Roll 'em up. Gotta take your medicine.
Roll 'em up. Take it all in.
Roll 'em up. Gonna get the agonies
Roll 'em up. Get those high beams.
Inst.
v3
You have to take a drink or have a little smoke.
Gotta take a hit with any kind of dope.
How you gonna get what your body needs
with an armful of holes and a headful of speed?
Roll 'em up. Gotta take your medicine.
Roll 'em up. Take it all in.
v3
Wake up time you got a hammer in your brain.
Drag yourself up like you're pulling on a chain.
Jobs on hold that should be getting done
but you're waiting on the corner for the man to come around.
Ch.