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'''Song Name:''' Pool Shark
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'''Song Name:''' Pool Shark (original)<br>
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'''Album:''' [[Robbin' the Hood]]<br>
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'''Released:''' [[02.27.1994]]<br>
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'''Written By:''' [[Bradley Nowell]]<br>
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'''Performer(s):''' Bradley Nowell, Eric Wilson & Bud Gaugh<br>
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'''Recording Session:''' Westbeach Recorders - Hollywood, CA - [[06.10.1993]] & [[06.28.1993]] <br>
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'''Also Appears On:''' [[Chiva Kenevil]] | [[STP Demo]] | [[13 fl oz.]] | [[Thora-Zine Issue #8]] | [[Sublime-Compilation|Sublime - Compilation]] | [[Stand By Your Van]] | [[Greatest Hits]] | [[3 Ring Circus - Live at the Palace]]
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lying in my plastic bed <br>
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thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me <br><div style="float:right;"><youtube width="390" height="330">https://youtu.be/KEec8TsXOXU?t=80</YouTube>
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'''Artist:'''  [[Sublime]]
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my baby likes to shoot pool <br>
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I like lying naked in my bedroom <br>
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tying on that dinosaur<ref> A tie-off, used on a limb – usually an arm – and change blood flow to make veins pop out</ref> <br>
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tonight it used to be so cool <br>
  
'''Album:''' [[Robbin The Hood]]
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now I've got the needle <br>
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and I can't bleed but I can't breathe <br>
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take it away and I want more and more <br>
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one day I'm gonna lose the war <br>
  
'''Year:''' [[1994]]
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lying in my plastic bed <br>
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thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me <br>
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my baby likes to shoot pool <br>
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I like lying naked in my bedroom <br>
  
'''Run Time:''' ???
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tying on the dinosaur <br>
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tonight it used to be so cool <br>
  
'''Trivia:''' <br>
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now I've got the needle <br>
Poolshark is by now known as not only one of Sublime's most moving songs about addiction, but as one of the best drug addiction-driven songs ever made.<br>
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and I can't shake <br>
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but I can't breathe <br>
The tale of hopelessness that it portrays shined a whole new light on Bradley's addiction, as it showed that he now not only thought of his addiction as a burden, but as the force in his life that very well could end it
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take it away and but I want more and more <br>
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one day I'm gonna lose the war
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 10 July 2021

Song Name: Pool Shark (original)
Album: Robbin' the Hood
Released: 02.27.1994
Written By: Bradley Nowell
Performer(s): Bradley Nowell, Eric Wilson & Bud Gaugh
Recording Session: Westbeach Recorders - Hollywood, CA - 06.10.1993 & 06.28.1993
Also Appears On: Chiva Kenevil | STP Demo | 13 fl oz. | Thora-Zine Issue #8 | Sublime - Compilation | Stand By Your Van | Greatest Hits | 3 Ring Circus - Live at the Palace


lying in my plastic bed

thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me

my baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
tying on that dinosaur[1]
tonight it used to be so cool

now I've got the needle
and I can't bleed but I can't breathe
take it away and I want more and more
one day I'm gonna lose the war

lying in my plastic bed
thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me
my baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom

tying on the dinosaur
tonight it used to be so cool

now I've got the needle
and I can't shake
but I can't breathe

take it away and but I want more and more
one day I'm gonna lose the war


References

  1. A tie-off, used on a limb – usually an arm – and change blood flow to make veins pop out