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Biz Ivol was a peaceful middle-aged woman who suffered from Multiple Sclerosis. She lived a quiet life in the Orkneys until becoming somewhat famous through her honesty after admitting that she used cannabis to help relieve some of the symptoms of her illness. Many people have done the same, being forced to break the law to obtain a supply of a helpful medicinal plant that they are unable to obtain legally. The big difference between Biz and most fellow sufferers was that she went further and learned how to grow it and use the plant to make chocolate that eased her symptoms without having to smoke the cannabis. Biz died in September 2004, this song is MLATRFOD's tribute to her.

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I'm gonna take away your pain, put an end to all this shame
Put you on your feet again
Now your eyes are lighting up
The best thing I can think of
Now you're floating free above

Who are we to fight it out
Stupid thing to talk about
When there really is no doubt
Gonna take a year or two
To catch up with me and you
And the things that we all do

So if you want it to be true
Yeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyehee
Please make the pledge and join the queue
It's right, I know it's right ( I wouldn't make it up )

And I'm wondering as well
Should I buy or should I sell
Or should I just go straight to hell
Doesn't matter what you think
If you cannot make the link
To the smoke and to the drink

Now I think it's about time
Leave these crazy days behind
How could we have been so blind
Wrap it up in chocolate cake
Take your time before you bake
Make the best that you can make

So if you want it to be true
Yeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyeheeyehee
Please make the pledge and join the queue
It's right, I know it's right ( I wouldn't make it up )

credits

from Girlie Screemer, released June 30, 2012
Memphis Louie Studebaker - lead vox, geetars
Leroi Z Coondawg - bass, drum programming, backing vox, more geetars

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Memphis Louie & The Rockin' Firebird Of Death Sandwick, UK

Emerging after 18 years of silence from the ashes of the Outer Hebrides' 60s garage band scene (which happened in the 80s), MLATRFOD formed in 2003 in the cac filled swamps between Stornoway and Sandwick. They've been mixing up a mess of fuzztone-crazed garage psych, Link Wrayabilly and glacial post punk ever since, and taking their time about it. Their names are too long to fit in a Bandcamp bio ... more

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