Morning After Pill/License To Kill
Players
George Stephen Kelly: Vocal, Lead & Slide Guitars
Motor City Josh: Rhythm Guitar, Guitar Solo
Chris Codish: Hammond Organ
Alex Lyon: Bass
Todd Glass: Drums
Marcus Elliot: Tenor Sax
John Douglas: Trumpet
The original title of Morning After Pill was License To Kill. I changed
the title because at this point there are just too many songs called
License To Kill. When I wrote the song in 1976 (the original version is
included here), there was no such thing as a morning after pill, but I
must have heard it mentioned somewhere. I didn't have like X-ray
vision into the future or anything. Well, maybe...
This is based on a true story, though not my own. It's from, of course, "A guy I know", a one time roommate. He came home after an extraordinarily long and involved conversation with his girlfriend, collapsed on the floor, and asked, "Why do I always get the mental cases?"
It turns out I'm not the only one to write about a psychotic girlfriend. Legendary songwriter Warren Zevon contributed this one to the anthology:
Basket Case (co-authored by Carl Hiaasen)
Having always been a huge fan of Ray Charles, Van Morrison and Boz
Scaggs (to name just a few), I always wanted to hear this tune with the full treatment of a horn section and Hammond organ. So here it is, along with the Allman Brothers influenced harmony guitars. I eventually changed words somewhat because it sounded a tad immature, with words like "double-breasted shotgun". Maybe because I was 21. So the more grown-up version has the words, "bust a cap in your ass", written at 63. Oh well, maturity's overrated anyway.
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Morning After Pill
She’s got a license to kill, she got it registered illegally
She got the morning after pill, she likes to live dangerously
She’s making me ill, please keep the girl away from me
Step into her parlor, she’s the spider, you’re the fly
You’ll be stuck in her web, there just ain’t no place you can hide
Her soul is a mixture of arsenic and cyanide, oh yes it is
She's a lethal weapon to anyone who crosses her path
She'll keep you guessing, you never really know where she's at
You'll learn your lesson when she busts a cap in your ass
©George S. Kelly 2020, Ace Sleeve Music BMI
John Douglas & Marcus Elliot
1977: George & Randall Barbera - License To Kill
2015: George - Morning After Pill
Motor City Josh
Chris Codish
Marcus Elliot, John Douglas
Todd Glass
Alex Lyon