I Wish I Still Smoked Cigarettes

I wish I still smoked cigarettes

Light one up and travel time

A stiff drink and a whisper just

Is enough to light a fire, feel alive

Wish I could go back to those nights sometimes

I wish I still drove a muscle car

Horses rumbling under the hood

Flyin’ past the welcome sign under the stars

Wishin’ I could leave for good

I swore I would..

Every now and then I go back to that neighborhood

I wish I still did a lot of things

I don’t do anymore

When I didn’t know what wasn’t good for me

But I knew everything else for sure

I guess what I really miss is the freedom then

The way it felt, the innocence

That’s what I really meant

When I said

I wish I still smoked cigarettes

I felt more grown up then

We were talking about where we were gonna go

Instead of where we’d been

We’d ride around the lake and make those plans

Still had the world in the palm of our hands

We never had a chance, now and then

I wish I still did a lot of things

I don’t do anymore

When I didn’t know what wasn’t good for me

But I knew everything else for sure

I guess what I really miss is the freedom then

The way it felt, the innocence

That’s what I really meant

When I said I wish I still smoked cigarettes

I wish I still smoked cigarettes

Something to calm my nerves

Wherever you are tonight, you were better than I deserve

I wish I still smoked cigarettes

So I had something to let go

Up in smoke

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