cigarettes & coffey

Cigarettes and coffey, once upon a time

I loved em both, yeah they were my valentines

Such a warm embrace to die for something you love

All those heart attacks, they sure taught me

You can’t live to die young knowingly

We all pave the paths we chose once the potholes show

In the wee hours, I miss the taste

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to chase

And miss the midnight kiss of paths unknown

In the wee hours I miss the face

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to face

And miss the warm embrace of a path unknown

All the stop signs, they sure stopped me

Put in place to keep us safe

But oh how I so long for the wrong side of the road

With the windows down and the volume up

No guard rails to segregate our touch

Just the smell of warm tires and uninhibited love

In the wee hours, I miss the taste

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to chase

And miss the midnight kiss of paths unknown

In the wee hours I miss the face

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to face

And miss the warm embrace of a path unknown

In the morning’s eyes, I don’t look the same

She’s moved on and forgot the name

She was my happy habit; I was her part time man

Dragging me down, just to put me up

We had our fun, but I had to give her up

But after all the doctors warnings I still hear her name

In the wee hours, I miss the taste

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to chase

And miss the midnight kiss of paths unknown

In the wee hours I miss the face

Of life’s habits I’m too weak to face

And miss the warm embrace of a path unknown