"Mr. Brownstone", sebuah lagu ikonik oleh Guns N' Roses, mengeksplorasi perjuangan yang melelahkan dengan kecanduan narkoba. Liriknya yang mentah dan jujur mengungkapkan kesulitan memulai hari, tampil di atas panggung, dan akhirnya menyerah pada godaan. Lagu ini mengisahkan spiral yang menurun, dari penggunaan sesekali hingga ketergantungan yang mengendalikan. Dengan setiap bait, kecanduan dipersonifikasikan sebagai "Mr. Brownstone", sosok yang menyiksa yang menolak untuk melepaskan korbannya.
Mr. Brownstone Lyrics
Guns N' Roses
I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Cause worryin's a waste of my...time
The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage around nine
Get on the bus about eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine
[Chorus:]
We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
[Chorus]
Now I get up around whenever
I used ta get up on time
But that old man
he's a real muthafucker
Gonna kick him on down the line
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Cause worryin's a waste of my...time
The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage around nine
Get on the bus about eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine
[Chorus:]
We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
[Chorus]
Now I get up around whenever
I used ta get up on time
But that old man
he's a real muthafucker
Gonna kick him on down the line
