are you high on your new drug

are you seeing things so clear

and if you really gotta go 

why don't you leave your body here

in the night do you dream in russian

can you astral travel there

there's got to be a way to get inside you

ride a rocketship to jesus

sail a pony to the moon

the quicker that we make it 

it won't be too soon

i don't want to be judged by you

i just want to be loved by you

understanding's over rated

don't wanna know just what you mean

but i know tonight we're faded

between the daylight and a dream

i see rainbows and unicorns

and baby puppies being born 

and the light that shines above you

there's a time for making wishes 

and a time for making love

you got the highs i got the need

i don't wanna be loved by you

i just wanna be touched by you

i don't wanna be loved by you

i just wanna be drugged by you

i don't wanna be loved by you

i just wanna be touched by you

i don't wanna be judged by you

i just wanna be drugged by you

music and lyrics: Astrid Young & Eric McFadden © SOCAN

vocals: astrid

bass: lou castro giovanni

guitars, mandolin: eric mcfadden

12-string: astrid

drums: dan cornelius

tambourine: victor delorenzo

studios:

central audio, toronto

econoline studios, toronto

robot recording, san francisco

engineers:

rob sanzo, astrid young, travis kasperbauer

mixed by travis kasperbauer

arranged and produced by astrid young

mastered by joao carvalho

i had this riff, and that line: i dont wanna be judged by you, i just wanna be loved by you ... eric came to visit for a few days and we wrote some, recorded some, and ate a scotch egg or two. walked down to the gibson showroom, which was in the neighborhood ... they let us grab a bunch of guitars and take em down to my little studio, and this is what happened. 

we laughed so much when we were writing this. silly lyrics ... oddly enough, the next time i saw eric, he had just returned from russia. we had a good laugh about that too. what are the odds.

we performed them live that night at the liberty cafe, which was in the building. i was wearing a violent femmes shirt, with victor's face on it, right there. at that point, neither eric nor i had worked with or even met victor. eric met him that year or maybe the next at steel bridge fest, and me about a year later. again, what are the odds.