No No Song

About No No Song

"No No Song" is a 1974 song by English musician Ringo Starr. Written by Hoyt Axton and David Jackson, it appeared on Starr's 1974 album, Goodnight Vienna. It was released as a single in the US on 27 January 1975, backed with "Snookeroo," and reached #1 in Canada and #3 in the US. The lyrics describe a series of attempts to sell Colombian marijuana, Spanish cocaine and Tennessean moonshine to a recovered addict, who refuses it all. Harry Nilsson provides backing vocals. Some reissues and later pressings of the Ringo Starr version credit the song as "No No Song/Skokiaan. " This is presumably due to a copyright claim by the publishers of the latter song, although details are lacking. There are some similarities between parts of "Skokiaan" and the instrumental break between the second and third verses of Starr's version of the "No No Song," but without documentation this is no more than a supposition. more »

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2015

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A lady that I know, just came from Columbia
She smiled because I did not understand
Then she held out some marijuana, ha, ha
She said it was the best in all the land

And I said
"No no, no no, I don't smoke it no more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door"

A woman that I know just came from Majorca, Spain
She smiled because I did not understand
(Paparazzi, paparazzi)
Then she held out a ten pound bag of cocaine
She said it was the finest in the land

And I said
"No no, no no, I don't
(Sniff)
No more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door"

A man that I know just came from Nashville, Tennessee
(Oh, no)
He smiled because I did not understand
Then he held out some moonshine whiskey, oh, ho
He said it was the best in all the land
(And he wasn't joking)

And I said
"No no, no no, I don't drink it no more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door"

Well, I said
"No no, no no, I can't take it no more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door"

Hey, yeah

"I'll just have another drink, barman
Have you got a large brandy?"

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Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well known throughout the world. Among them were "Joy to the World", "The Pusher" and "Greenback Dollar". more »

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