Listerine is a brand of antiseptic mouthwash product. It is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath". Named after Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, Listerine was actually developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri.
Originally marketed by the Lambert Pharmacal Company (which later became Warner-Lambert), Listerine has been manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson since that company's acquisition of Pfizer's consumer healthcare division in late December 2006.
The Listerine brand name is also used in toothpaste, Listerine Whitening rinse, Listerine Fluoride rinse (Listerine Tooth Defense), Listerine SmartRinse (children's fluoride rinse), PocketPaks, and PocketMist. In September 2007, Listerine began selling its own brand of self-dissolving teeth-whitening strips.
Inspired by Louis Pasteur's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection. Lister's work in turn inspired American Joseph Lawrence to develop an alcohol-based formula for a surgical antiseptic which included eucalyptol, menthol, methyl salicylate, and thymol. (Its exact composition was a trade secret.) Joseph Lawrence named his antiseptic "Listerine" in honor of Joseph Lister.
I don't wanna be alone, and I don't wanna be high
But that's the way I've been living life
I don't know what I want, or what I'm running from
Should have filled up last stop, now my light is on
I don't wanna be home, and I don't want the road
Don't want to tell any one about my episodes
What would I wouldn't do for just one glimpse of you
Sitting across from me sharing this scenery
And now, but more time wasting
My time looking for what's not there
I've come too far to be this unhappy
I'm just happy right now that your arms are around me
I don't wanna be alone, and I don't wanna be high
But that's the way I've been life
What I wouldn't do, for just one glimpse of you
Sitting across from me sharing this scenery
And now, but more time wasting
My time looking for what's not there
I've come too far to be this unhappy
I'm just happy right now that your arms are around me
I'm just happy right now that your arms are around me
Nothing can prepare for us for what life drops at our feet
I'm just happy right now that your arms are around me