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Molasses Blues

by Jason Didner

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My wife Amy wrote these lyrics while type 1 diabetes was impacting her health. She has since had a pancreas transplant, halting the diabetes, but the complications remain. In the lyric, she writes the blues of trying to resist the sugar craving while especially vulnerable to the damage the sweet stuff can cause a diabetic.

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No sadness fades slower
Than molasses blues
No sadness fades slower
Than molasses blues
Takes longer than scraping tar
Off the devil's shoes

Her love was sweeter
Than a steamy, sticky honey bun
Her love was sweeter
Than a steamy, sticky honey bun
Just one taste
And all my senses come undone

I was lulled into thinking
She would never, ever cut me off
I was lulled into thinking
She would never, ever cut me off
But her sweet intoxication
Made my candy-coated brain go soft

Oh, doctor please help me
Kick these molasses blues
Oh, doctor please help me
Kick these molasses blues
So I just say no to cane sugar
And Equal or Splenda or Stevia or even agave syrup
Is what I choose

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released October 7, 2022
Lyrics by Amy Didner, Music by Jason Didner
Jason Didner - vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass & drums

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Jason Didner Montclair, New Jersey

Jason's body of work as a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has grown diverse, representing his nature and lived experience. He's brought his sense of humor to bear in many of his signature tracks over the past 25+ years.

He's also turned to song to support the mental health of his listeners, his family and himself. They're mantras for waking up grateful and optimistic.
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