anonymous February 3rd, 2009 03:54PM  
This song is about using narcotics[speed] to help with life's daily stresses. Rich p.

JasmineStar April 26th, 2009 01:15PM  
When you gets adverts on TV or press coverage of hte issue of drugs there is a general speaking of drugs being something young teenagers and young adults abuse. it is also considered typical of men in bands and a lot of guys in particular are busted for drugs. However it is a bit hidden in our society how it is just as likely to be the mother who is abusing drugs. Antipscychotic, sleeping tablets, barbiturates, Valium and so much more gets prescribed to women by their doctors "doctor please, some more of these". We know the song does not talk about someone who takes some prescription for a week to recover from a death in the family. "outside the door she took one more". It is about the abuse of drugs by women in our society, and makes us realize that it is not just young people who are needing drugs to cope somehow with life.

anonymous October 29th, 2009 04:39PM  
NO the song was NOT about speed, but the opposite, a yellow VALIUM, which was given out quite liberally in that time to not just bored housewives but anybody really who could go to the doctor. "Theres a little yellow pill, and she goes running for the shelter of her mothers little helper." The ending goes, "and if you take more of those you will get an overdose, no more running for the shelter of our mothers little helper!" P.S. not that you had to go to the doctor for them they(valium)were everywhere but the doctors presribed them to everybody with anything a headache, sleeping trouble, nervous habits etc..