Een heftig nummer van de eerste LP van Steppenwolf, gekozen voor de soundtrack van Easy rider een jaar later. Ik weet zeker dat het pas later op de radio te horen was – RNI, 1970; de BBC zal het zeker gebannen hebben – maar de single is al in 1968 uitgebracht, alleen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.
De vervloeking heeft niet geholpen.
You know I’ve smoked a lot of grass
Oh Lord, I’ve popped a lot of pills
But I ‘ve never touched nothing
That my spirit could kill
You know, I’ve seen a lot of people walking ‘round
With tombstones in their eyes
But the pusher don’t care
Ah, if you live or if you die
God damn, The Pusher
God damn, I say The Pusher
I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man
You know the dealer, the dealer is a man
With the love grass in his hand
Oh but the pusher is a monster
Good God, he’s not a natural man
The dealer for a nickel
Lord, will sell you lots of sweet dreams
Ah, but the pusher will ruin your body
Lord, he’ll leave your, he’ll leave your mind to scream
God damn, The Pusher
God damn, God damn the Pusher
I said God damn, God, God damn The Pusher man
Well, now if I were the president of this land
You know, I’d declare total war on The Pusher man
I’d cut him if he stands, and I’d shoot him if he’d run
Yes I’d kill him with my Bible and my razor and my gun
God damn ah The Pusher
Gad damn The Pusher
I said God damn, God damn The Pusher man
The pusher
