"30 Days in the Hole" is the seventh single by English rock group Humble Pie, from the band's 1972 Smokin' album. The song received moderate radio airplay at the time but failed to chart. However, it gained a following on album oriented rock and classic rock radio formats and consequently it remains one of Humble Pie's best known songs.

The song, a Steve Marriott composition, bemoans being arrested for possession of small quantities of illegal drugs, including cocaine; Durban poison, a potent strain of marijuana; and Red Lebanese and Black Nepalese, two types of hashish. "New Castle Brown" is often mistaken as a reference to Newcastle Brown Ale but actually refers to heroin also known as "Brown" or "Smack".

Pie guitarist Clem Clempson has said it is one of the tracks he would most like his career to be remembered by. But the predominant group personality shown through by the song is Marriott's; so much so that when years later Clempson was asked about efforts to reform the group without Marriott, he simply declaimed, "It's a waste of time."

Lyrics

All right all right all right all right, yeah

Chicago Green, talkin' 'bout Black Lebanese  A dirty room and a silver coke spoon  Give me my release, come on  Black Nepalese, it's got you weak in your knees  Sneeze some dust that you got buzzed on  You know it's hard to believe

30 days in the hole  30 days in the hole  30 days in the hole  That's what they give you  30 days in the hole  I know

Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' you, it can sure smack you down  Take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor  It's got your head spinnin' round  If you live on the road, well there's a new highway code  You take the urban noise with some dirt with poison  It's gonna lessen your load

30 days in the hole  That's what they give you now  30 days in the hole  Oh, yeah  30 days in the hole  All right, all right  30 days in the hole

What you doin' boy?  You here for 30 days  Get, get, get your long hair cut  And cut out your ways

Black Nepalese, it got you weak in your knees  Gonna sneeze some dust that you got busted on  You know it's so hard to please  Newcastle Brown can sure smack you down  You take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor  You know you're jailhouse-bound

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Songwriters: Steve Marriott

30 Days in the Hole lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group