We Don't Smoke It No More

Album: Homegrown (2020)
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Songfacts®:

  • "We Don't Smoke It No More" is a smoky dive-bar blues song. Nothing very serious, the lyrics simply list a variety of drug-consumption techniques that will no longer be partaken in.

    We don't snort it, we don't lick it
    We don't knock it, we don't kick it
    We don't smoke it no more
  • As with all of Homegrown, the song was released in 2020 but originally recorded in 1974 (recording details below). The album went unreleased for almost 50 years because Young felt it was too personal, lamenting his heartache over breaking up with the mother of his first child, the actress Carrie Snodgress.

    "We Don't Smoke it No More" is an outlier because it isn't all that heavy and doesn't mention anything about romance or ruined relationships. It's a fun, goofy track. In terms of the general bluesy sound, it would fit better on Tonight's the Night, recorded in 1973, than it does on Homegrown.
  • This is the first track on side 2 of Homegrown. At 4:50, it's the longest track on the album.
  • Young recorded the song on December 31, 1974, at Broken Arrow Ranch, which was located on Young's property in northern California.

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