I+used+to+smoke+all+day

I used to smoke all day from when the sun came up to when it had sunk away I used to plan for giving up But all it took was just the thought of one slow languid suck And I was guzzling them down like water

There was once a man I knew Who'd lived out in the desert under skies so huge He said he'd seen more than he could explain The sky was an endless dream of a mad god's brain And every day he felt the shape of some vast puzzling order

He said living out there makes you feel so small you could disappear Just me and my cigarettes huddled down together in the infinite throbbing air He said 'Well people come and go but they all leave you in the end' He said 'sometimes a cigarette is your best friend'

but I was never ready yet Half of the enjoyment came from rolling them up And then there was that first long

Than he had words in his head to clearly describe But he had visions in his head ...?

From the time I rose to the time a lay down my head Beer wine and whisky were my other drugs of choice But I’d try anything once