Jerimiah Peaody’s Pills

Ray Stevens

[Verse 1]
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Do you have that rundown feelin', does your head go reelin'?
 

Are you nervous, jumpy or on the edge?
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Is it neuritis, neuralgia, a head cold or stress?
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Or maybe it's your sinus drainage.
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Do you have tired blood?  Beriberi?
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Or maybe you're a little overweight?
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You better make some correction in all this infection,
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Just send in one dollar ninety eight.
 
[Chorus 1]
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Get ridda that runny nose (sniiiff), that naggin' cough (cough), that sneeze (achoo),
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That wheeze (gasp) and other injuries.
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Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills:
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Take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolvin', fast actin',
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Pleasant tastin' green and purple pills. Oh yeah!
 
[Verse 2]
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Well, it won't upset your stomach, they're good for arthiritis,
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They soothe all your aches and pains.
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Get ridda those hammers in your head,
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Don't be a hypochondriac,
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Start feelin' better again.
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Get rid of that fungus amongus;
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It's good for every ailment, includin' water on the knee.
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And they're guaranteed to be just what you need
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For quick, fast, speedy relief.
 
[Chorus 2]
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Get ridda that runny nose (sniiiff), that naggin' cough (cough), that sneeze (achoo),
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That wheeze (gasp) and other injuries.
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Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills:
     F                                   G
Take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolvin', fast actin',
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Pleasant tastin' green and purple pills.
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Oh, yeah! Little green and purple pills!
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