My Drug Buddy - Remastered

Written by Lemonheads leader Evan Dando, "My Drug Buddy" tells an opaque tale of a couple who take a friendly stroll, making arrangements for drugs along the way. In a Songfacts interview with Dando, he said that his drug buddy was his friend Nicole, and the lyric was inspired by a night they spent together in Sydney, Australia. "That's a really good story of a night back in the day when we used to do speed," said Dando. "She was actually my friend Tom's girlfriend. I was trying to tell the story as forthright and as normal as possible, without many rhymes or anything."

The female backing vocals on this song are by Juliana Hatfield, who also played bass on the album. She released her first solo album, Hey Babe, earlier in 1992. At this point, The Lemonheads were essentially an Evan Dando solo project. On the It's a Shame About Ray album, David Ryan was the drummer.

This song lopes along with concern for song structure: there is no chorus and nothing really rhymes. The title doesn't come in until the end, when Dando repeats, "I love my drug buddy" a few times. This straightforward narrative suits the lyric and feel of the song very well.